Applying pixelwise descriptors to a target image that are generated by segmenting objects in other images
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- dividing digital images of stained tissue of cancer patients into tiles;
separating the tiles into clusters whose tiles have pixel characteristics that are similar;
identifying a matching cluster of tiles whose pixel characteristics most closely match the pixel characteristics of a target digital image of stained tissue of a target patient;
segmenting the tiles of the matching cluster into objects;
determining object characteristics of the segmented objects;
assigning a color to each of the object characteristics;
generating pixelwise descriptors that describe which of the object characteristics a characterized pixel most probably exhibits based on a quality of a second pixel at a predetermined offset from the characterized pixel;
generating a pixel heat map by applying the pixelwise descriptors to each pixel of the target digital image without segmenting the target digital image into objects, wherein each pixel of the target digital image has the color assigned to the object characteristic most probably exhibited by that pixel; and
displaying the pixel heat map on a graphical user interface.
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Abstract
Both pixel-oriented analysis and the more accurate yet slower object-oriented analysis are used to recognize patterns in images of stained cancer tissue. Images of tissue from other patients that are similar to tissue of a target patient are identified using the standard deviation of color in the images. Object-oriented segmentation is then used to segment small portions of the images of the other patients into object exhibiting object characteristics. Pixelwise descriptors associate each pixel in the remainder of the images with object characteristics based on the color of pixels at predetermined offsets from the characterized pixel. Pixels in the image of the target patient are assigned object characteristics without performing the slow segmentation of the image into objects. A pixel heat map is generated from the target image by assigning pixels the color corresponding to the object characteristic that the pixelwise descriptors indicate is most likely associated with each pixel.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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dividing digital images of stained tissue of cancer patients into tiles; separating the tiles into clusters whose tiles have pixel characteristics that are similar; identifying a matching cluster of tiles whose pixel characteristics most closely match the pixel characteristics of a target digital image of stained tissue of a target patient; segmenting the tiles of the matching cluster into objects; determining object characteristics of the segmented objects; assigning a color to each of the object characteristics; generating pixelwise descriptors that describe which of the object characteristics a characterized pixel most probably exhibits based on a quality of a second pixel at a predetermined offset from the characterized pixel; generating a pixel heat map by applying the pixelwise descriptors to each pixel of the target digital image without segmenting the target digital image into objects, wherein each pixel of the target digital image has the color assigned to the object characteristic most probably exhibited by that pixel; and displaying the pixel heat map on a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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dividing digital images of stained tissue of cancer patients into tiles; separating the tiles into clusters whose tiles have similar pixel characteristics; identifying a matching cluster of tiles whose pixel characteristics most closely match the pixel characteristics of target tiles of a digital image of stained tissue of a target patient; segmenting the target tiles and the tiles of the matching cluster into objects; determining object characteristics of the segmented objects; assigning a color to each of the object characteristics; generating pixelwise descriptors that describe which of the object characteristics a characterized pixel most probably exhibits based on a quality of a second pixel at a predetermined offset from the characterized pixel; generating a pixel heat map by applying the pixelwise descriptors to each pixel of the target digital image without segmenting the target digital image into objects, wherein each pixel of the target digital image has the color assigned to the object characteristic most probably exhibited by that pixel; and displaying the pixel heat map on a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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dividing digital images of stained tissue of cancer patients into tiles; identifying clusters of tiles whose pixel characteristics are similar; identifying a matching cluster of tiles whose pixel characteristics most closely match the pixel characteristics of a target digital image of stained tissue of a target patient, wherein the pixel characteristics used to identify the matching cluster of tiles are determined only from regions on the tiles that exhibit an intermediate degree of local contrast; segmenting the tiles of the matching cluster into objects; determining object characteristics of the objects; generating pixelwise descriptors that describe which of the object characteristics a characterized pixel most probably exhibits based on a quality of a second pixel at a predetermined offset from the characterized pixel; and generating a pixel heat map by applying the pixelwise descriptors to each pixel of the target digital image without segmenting the target digital image into objects, wherein each pixel of the target digital image has a color assigned to the object characteristic most probably exhibited by that pixel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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