ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS

摘要

ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS A measurement method and apparatus (11) which can acquire quantitative data concerning a plurality of individual cells very quickly by an interactive process through a keyboard (36). The apparatus (11) provides a means for displaying (37) an image (80) of a group of cells from a field on a slide (14) which is magnified by a microscope (15). The image (80) is further digitized and stored in a memory (73) of the apparatus (11). From the digitized image a processor means (22) identifies each possible cell object automatically by a pattern recognition technique. An interactive program utilizing a monitor (62) allows the operator to point to each object or cell or the image (80) in succession and make decisions for classification and quantitative measurements concerning each (FIGS. 1 and 2).