Patents by Inventor Kathy Mui

Kathy Mui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for processing an image of a biological specimen
    Patent number: 9070006
    Abstract: Components, e.g., background, cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus, of a biological specimen are identified using multi-wavelength analysis. Specimen components, such as nucleoli, are selected, and a determination is made whether cells having nucleoli are cancer cells or regular repair cells based on one or more physical characteristics of the identified component. The physical characteristics can be one or more of a shape, size, texture and gray value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Lin Wong, David Zahniser, Kathy Mui, Jim Linder, Ellen Sheets
  • Methods and systems for processing biological specimens utilizing multiple wavelengths
    Patent number: 8326014
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media for processing one or more biological specimens carried by specimen slides. Images of objects in a specimen are acquired and objects of interest in the acquired images are identified. Additional images of identified objects of interest may be acquired at multiple wavelengths. Cellular features of objects of interest are extracted from images and may be used for classifying the specimen, e.g., as normal or suspicious/abnormal, based a probabilistic model that utilizes the extracted features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Cytyc Corporation
    Inventors: Kam Lin Wong, David Zahniser, Kathy Mui, James Linder, Howard Kaufman
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS UTILIZING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS
    Publication number: 20090087074
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media for processing one or more biological specimens carried by specimen slides. Images of objects in a specimen are acquired and objects of interest in the acquired images are identified. Additional images of identified objects of interest may be acquired at multiple wavelengths. Cellular features of objects of interest are extracted from images and may be used for classifying the specimen, e.g., as normal or suspicious/abnormal, based a probabilistic model that utilizes the extracted features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: CYTYC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kam Lin Wong, David Zahniser, Kathy Mui, James Linder, Howard Kaufman
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE OF A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN
    Publication number: 20080144915
    Abstract: Components, e.g., background, cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleolus, of a biological specimen are identified using multi-wavelength analysis. Specimen components, such as nucleoli, are selected, and a determination is made whether cells having nucleoli are cancer cells or regular repair cells based on one or more physical characteristics of the identified component. The physical characteristics can be one or more of a shape, size, texture and gray value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: CYTYC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kam Lin Wong, David Zahniser, Kathy Mui, Jim Linder, Ellen Sheets