Microscope and method for analyzing acquired scan data
First Claim
1. A method for signal processing, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring first and second physical values relating to a phenomenon of interest in a confocal microscope, yielding first and second signals indicative thereof, each of the first and second signals containing noise;
converting the first and second signals into polar coordinates indicative of a vector defined by the magnitudes of the first and second signals, the polar coordinates defining radial magnitude and vector angle relative to a coordinate system; and
employing upper and lower bounds of the angle information, and upper bounds of the first and second signals, to validate the measured values.
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Abstract
A method and system for analyzing acquired scan data are disclosed. The method involves measuring physical values of a particular process, converting the measured values into two signals, such as electrical signals, and then converting the two signals into polar coordinates by defining a vector having a radial magnitude and a vector angle corresponding to the magnitudes of the two signals. The method further provides for validation and visual representation of the measured physical values by employing the angle information to define the upper and lower bounds of the acceptable measured values. The corresponding system comprises sensors measuring the two physical values and yielding the two signals. A signal processing unit receives the two signals, converts them into a pair of polar coordinates defines by the magnitude of the two signals.
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1. A method for signal processing, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring first and second physical values relating to a phenomenon of interest in a confocal microscope, yielding first and second signals indicative thereof, each of the first and second signals containing noise;
converting the first and second signals into polar coordinates indicative of a vector defined by the magnitudes of the first and second signals, the polar coordinates defining radial magnitude and vector angle relative to a coordinate system; and
employing upper and lower bounds of the angle information, and upper bounds of the first and second signals, to validate the measured values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A signal processing system comprising:
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sensors measuring first and second physical values relating to a phenomenon of interest in a confocal microscope, yielding first and second signals indicative of thereof;
signal processing apparatus receiving the first and second signals and converting the first and second signals into polar coordinates indicative of a vector defined by the magnitudes of the first and second signals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method for validating measurements of physiological phenomena, the method comprising the steps of:
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measuring first and second physical values relating to a phenomenon of interest, yielding first and second signals indicative thereof, each of the first and second signals containing noise;
converting the first and second signals into polar coordinates indicative of a vector defined by the magnitudes of the first and second signals, the polar coordinates defining radial magnitude and vector angle relative to a coordinate system;
applying a first threshold comparator to the first signal, the comparator defining a first in-region signal when the first signal is below a first predetermined threshold;
applying a second threshold comparator to the second signal, the comparator defining a second in-region when the second signal is below a second predetermined threshold;
applying a third threshold comparator to the angle signal, the comparator defining a third in-region signal when the angle signal is below a third predetermined threshold;
applying a fourth threshold comparator to the angle signal, the comparator defining a fourth in-region signal when the first signal is above a predetermined threshold;
annunciating the event of the presence of the first, second, and fourth in-region signals. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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