Method for automatically seeding previously-classified images among images of objects of interest from a specimen

摘要

A computer-assisted method of classifying cytological samples, includes using a processor to analyze images of cytological samples and identify cytological objects of interest within the sample images, wherein the processor (i) displays images of identified cytological objects of interest from the sample images to a reviewer, (ii) accesses a database of images of previously classified cytological objects, and (iii) displays to the reviewer, interspersed with the displayed images of the identified objects of interest from the sample images, one or more images obtained from the database of images of previously-classified objects.

主权项

1. A computer-assisted method of classifying cytological samples, comprising:
using one or more processors to
display previously unclassified cytological sample images to a reviewer,receive classifications of the displayed cytological sample images from the reviewer,monitor a reviewer classification rate equal to a number of displayed previously unclassified cytological sample images receiving a specified classification by the reviewer divided by a total number of previously unclassified cytological sample images displayed to the reviewer, and if the monitored reviewer classification rate is below a threshold rate, display to the reviewer, interspersed with the displayed previously unclassified cytological sample images, one or more images of the specified classification obtained from a database of images of previously classified cytological samples.