Abstract: A multi-view stereo approach generates an inventory of objects located on an object holder. An object may be a sample tube and an object holder may be a tube rack as used in lab automation for healthcare diagnostics. A processor performs 3D tracking of the object holder and the geometric analysis of multiple images generated by a calibrated camera. A homography mapping between images is utilized to warp a second image to a viewpoint of a first image. Plane induced parallax causes a normalized cross-correlation score between the first image and the warped second image of a location on the holder that has an object that is significantly different from a normalized cross-correlation score of a location that has not an object and enables the processor to infer tube inventory and absence or presence of a tube at a location in a rack.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 29, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2016
Assignee:
Siemens Heathcare Diagnostics Inc.
Inventors:
Gang Li, Yakup Genc, Siddharth Ram Chhatpar, Sandeep M. Naik, Roy Barr, Daniel Sacco, Alexander Gelbman
Abstract: The present invention relates to soluble C-terminal fragments of the adiponectin receptor and their use in the diagnosis and management of disorders.
Abstract: This invention provides a polynucleotide encoding Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1, polypeptides associated with endometriosis. Auto-antibodies against Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1 have been found in subjects diagnosed with endometriosis. This invention also provides methods of using this polynucleotide and polypeptide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 22, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 16, 2010
Assignee:
Siemens Heathcare Diagnostics Inc.
Inventors:
A. Said El Shami, Surendra Nath Menon, Cynthia K. French