Patents by Inventor Paolo Ascierto

Paolo Ascierto 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).

  • Patent number: 10127433
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed, among other things, to imaging systems, methods, and apparatuses for automatically identifying fields of view (FOVs) for regions in an image encompassing tumor are disclosed. In embodiments and in further aspects of the present invention, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for a tumor region based immune score computation. The method, in accordance with the present invention, involves identifying regions, for example, tumor areas or regions around a tumor area, partitioning a whole slide image or portion of a whole slide image into multiple regions related to the tumor, selecting FOVs within each identified region, and computing a number of cells present in each FOV. An immune score and/or immune-related score may be generated based on the cells counted in each FOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Paolo Ascierto, Michael Barnes, Christophe Chefd'hotel, Ting Chen, Alisa Tubbs
  • Publication number: 20170270346
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed, among other things, to imaging systems, methods, and apparatuses for automatically identifying fields of view (FOVs) for regions in an image encompassing tumor are disclosed. In embodiments and in further aspects of the present invention, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for a tumor region based immune score computation. The method, in accordance with the present invention, involves identifying regions, for example, tumor areas or regions around a tumor area, partitioning a whole slide image or portion of a whole slide image into multiple regions related to the tumor, selecting FOVs within each identified region, and computing a number of cells present in each FOV. An immune score and/or immune-related score may be generated based on the cells counted in each FOV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Paolo Ascierto, Michael Barnes, Christophe Chefd'hotel, Ting Chen, Alisa Tubbs