Cell evaluation apparatus and method to search for an area to be observed in cardiomyocytes
First Claim
1. A cell evaluation apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry configured to;
detect motion of cultured cardiomyocytes for each observation field of a plurality of observation fields that correspond to a plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes;
calculate a motion amount of the detected motion;
calculate pulsation information on a characteristic amount of pulsations of the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the calculated motion amount,wherein the pulsation information, is a pulsation area of the cultured cardiomyocytes within an observation field of the plurality of observation fields, calculated based on comparison of an added value of pieces of block unit motion amount data corresponding to respective blocks with a threshold value,wherein each respective block of the respective blocks correspond to a respective area of the plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes;
calculate an evaluation value corresponding to the plurality of observation fields based on the pulsation information; and
determine the observation field observed on the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the evaluation value.
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Abstract
The present technology relates to a cell evaluation apparatus and method, and a program that are capable of easily searching for an area to be observed within cardiomyocytes without requiring special preparation.
The cell evaluation apparatus includes: a motion detecting section configured to detect motion of cultured cardiomyocytes for each of partial areas of a plurality of observation fields on the cultured cardiomyocytes; a motion amount calculating section configured to calculate a motion amount of the detected motion; a pulsation information calculating section configured to calculate pulsation information on a characteristic amount of pulsations of the cultured cardiomyocytes on the basis of the calculated motion amount; an evaluation value calculating section configured to calculate an evaluation value corresponding to the plurality of observation fields, calculated on the basis of the pulsation information; and a field determining section configured to determine an observation field to be observed on the cultured cardiomyocytes, on the basis of the evaluation value.
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10 Claims
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1. A cell evaluation apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to; detect motion of cultured cardiomyocytes for each observation field of a plurality of observation fields that correspond to a plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes; calculate a motion amount of the detected motion; calculate pulsation information on a characteristic amount of pulsations of the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the calculated motion amount, wherein the pulsation information, is a pulsation area of the cultured cardiomyocytes within an observation field of the plurality of observation fields, calculated based on comparison of an added value of pieces of block unit motion amount data corresponding to respective blocks with a threshold value, wherein each respective block of the respective blocks correspond to a respective area of the plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes; calculate an evaluation value corresponding to the plurality of observation fields based on the pulsation information; and determine the observation field observed on the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the evaluation value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A cell evaluation method, comprising:
in a cell evaluation apparatus comprising circuitry; detecting, by the circuitry, motion of cultured cardiomyocytes for each observation field of a plurality of observation fields that correspond to a plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes; calculating, by the circuitry, a motion amount of the detected motion; calculating, by the circuitry, pulsation information on a characteristic amount of pulsations of the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the calculated motion amount, wherein the pulsation information, is a pulsation area of the cultured cardiomyocytes within an observation field of the plurality of observation fields, calculated based on comparison of an added value of pieces of block unit motion amount data corresponding to respective blocks with a threshold value, wherein each respective block of the respective blocks correspond to a respective area of the plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes; calculating, by the circuitry, an evaluation value corresponding to the plurality of observation fields based on the pulsation information; and determining, by the circuitry, the observation field observed on the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the evaluation value.
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions for causing a cell evaluation apparatus to execute operations, the operations comprising:
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detecting motion of cultured cardiomyocytes for each observation field of a plurality of observation fields that correspond to a plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes; calculating a motion amount of the detected motion; calculating pulsation information on a characteristic amount of pulsations of the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the calculated motion amount, wherein the pulsation information, is a pulsation area of the cultured cardiomyocytes within an observation field of the plurality of observation fields, calculated based on comparison of an added value of pieces of block unit motion amount data corresponding to respective blocks with a threshold value, wherein each respective block of the respective blocks correspond to a respective area of the plurality of partial areas on the cultured cardiomyocytes; calculating an evaluation value corresponding to the plurality of observation fields based on the pulsation information; and determining the observation field observed on the cultured cardiomyocytes based on the evaluation value.
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