Cell analyzer, cell analyzer controlling method, and program
First Claim
1. A cell analyzer comprising:
- a light source unit configured to apply light to a test cell of which a first substance is stained with a first fluorescent dye;
an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of fluorescence caused by the light; and
a processing unit configured to process the image obtained by the image capturing unit,wherein the processing unit is programmed to obtain a first image by performing an inactivation process of quenching the first fluorescent dye, an activation process of activating a part of the first fluorescent dye that have been quenched, and an image capturing process of capturing, by the image capturing unit, an image of the fluorescence by applying light from the light source unit to the test cells;
wherein said processing unit is programmed to extract bright points based on the first fluorescent dye on the basis of the first image; and
wherein said processing unit is programmed to classify the extracted bright points into groups each corresponding to one first substance, thereby to obtain the number of the first substances in the test cell on the basis of the number of the classified groups.
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Abstract
Provided is a cell analyzer including: a light source unit configured to apply light to test cells each containing first substances which are bound to first fluorescent dyes and which serve as an index for therapeutic strategy judgement; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of fluorescence caused by the light; a processing unit configured to process the image obtained by the image capturing unit; and a display unit configured to display a process result obtained by the processing unit, wherein the processing unit obtains a first image by performing an inactivation process of quenching the first fluorescent dyes, an activation process of activating a part of the first fluorescent dyes that have been quenched, and an image capturing process of capturing, by means of the image capturing unit, an image of the fluorescence by applying light from the light source unit to each test cell; extracts bright points based on the first fluorescent dyes on the basis of the first image; classifies the extracted bright points into groups each corresponding to one first substance, thereby to obtain the number of the first substances in the test cell on the basis of the number of the classified groups; obtains therapy index information serving as an index for therapeutic strategy judgement, on the basis of the obtained number of the first substances; and causes the display unit to display the obtained therapy index information.
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22 Claims
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1. A cell analyzer comprising:
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a light source unit configured to apply light to a test cell of which a first substance is stained with a first fluorescent dye; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of fluorescence caused by the light; and a processing unit configured to process the image obtained by the image capturing unit, wherein the processing unit is programmed to obtain a first image by performing an inactivation process of quenching the first fluorescent dye, an activation process of activating a part of the first fluorescent dye that have been quenched, and an image capturing process of capturing, by the image capturing unit, an image of the fluorescence by applying light from the light source unit to the test cells; wherein said processing unit is programmed to extract bright points based on the first fluorescent dye on the basis of the first image; and wherein said processing unit is programmed to classify the extracted bright points into groups each corresponding to one first substance, thereby to obtain the number of the first substances in the test cell on the basis of the number of the classified groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A cell analyzer controlling method comprising:
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obtaining a first image by performing an inactivation process of quenching first fluorescent dye bound to one or more first substances in a test cell, an activation process of activating a part of the first fluorescent dye that have been quenched, and an image capturing process of capturing an image of fluorescence by applying light to the test cell; extracting bright points based on the first fluorescent dye on the basis of the first image; and classifying the extracted bright points into groups each corresponding to one first substance, thereby to obtain the number of the first substances in the test cell on the basis of the number of the classified groups.
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable computer medium storing a program for causing a computer of a cell analyzer to perform operations, wherein said program is programmed to:
- obtain a first image by performing an inactivation process of quenching a first fluorescent dye, an activation process of activating a part of the first fluorescent dye that have been quenched, and an image capturing process of capturing an image of the fluorescence;
extract bright points based on the first fluorescent dye on the basis of the first image; and classify the extracted bright points into groups each corresponding to one first substance, thereby to obtain the number of the first substances in a test cell on the basis of the number of the classified groups.
- obtain a first image by performing an inactivation process of quenching a first fluorescent dye, an activation process of activating a part of the first fluorescent dye that have been quenched, and an image capturing process of capturing an image of the fluorescence;
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21. A cell analyzer comprising:
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a light source configured to irradiate light onto a test cell of which a first substance is stained with a first fluorescent dye; an imaging device configured to capture an image of the test cell; and a processing unit programmed to; repeatedly quench and activate the first fluorescent dye in the test cell; cause the imaging device to capture a plurality of images of the test cell under an irradiation by the light source while quenching and activating; extract one or more bright points in the images; and quantify a number of the first substance residing in the test cell based on the extracted bright points.
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22. A cell analyzer comprising:
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first and second light sources configured to irradiate light with different wavelengths onto a test cell of which a first substance is stained with a first fluorescent dye; an imaging device configured to capture an image of the test cell; and a processor programmed to; cause the first light source to irradiate light onto the test cell to activate the first fluorescent dye in the test cell; cause the second light source to irradiate light onto the test cell to quench the first fluorescent dye in the test cell; cause the imaging device to capture a plurality of images of the test cell in the course of quenching during the irradiation by the second light source; merge the images; and quantify a number of the first substance residing in the test cell based on the merged image.
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Specification