WO2005062744A3 - Counting biological agents on biological growth plates - Google Patents

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WO2005062744A3
WO2005062744A3 PCT/US2004/028130 US2004028130W WO2005062744A3 WO 2005062744 A3 WO2005062744 A3 WO 2005062744A3 US 2004028130 W US2004028130 W US 2004028130W WO 2005062744 A3 WO2005062744 A3 WO 2005062744A3
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Michael R Plumb
Christine A Binsfeld
Doyle T Potter
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3M Innovative Properties Co
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Priority to CN2004800254572A priority patent/CN1894702B/en
Priority to BRPI0414091-5A priority patent/BRPI0414091A/en
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Priority to JP2006525375A priority patent/JP4936891B2/en
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    • G06T7/0002—Inspection of images, e.g. flaw detection
    • G06T7/0012—Biomedical image inspection
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    • G06T2207/30—Subject of image; Context of image processing
    • G06T2207/30004—Biomedical image processing
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Abstract

The invention is directed to counting techniques for counting biological agents on a biological growth plate or similar medium. In order to automate the counting of biological agents, a biological growth plate (24) is inserted into a biological scanning unit (21). Upon insertion of the biological growth plate, the biological scanning unit generates an image of the plate. Then, the amount of biological agents that appear in the image, such as a number of bacteria colonies, can be counted or otherwise determined using image processing and analysis routines performed either by the scanning unit (21) or an external computing device (22), such as a desktop computer, workstation or the like. A variety of counting rules are described herein that can be used to improve the accuracy of automated counts of biological agents on a biological growth plate.
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CA002537792A CA2537792A1 (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 Counting biological agents on biological growth plates
EP04820906A EP1668115B1 (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 Counting biological agents on biological growth plates
EP11153405.3A EP2325779B1 (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 Processing images of biological growth plates.
CN2004800254572A CN1894702B (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 Counting biological agents on biological growth plates
BRPI0414091-5A BRPI0414091A (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 computer readable method for counting biological agents and biological agent counting system
MXPA06002304A MXPA06002304A (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 Counting biological agents on biological growth plates.
JP2006525375A JP4936891B2 (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 Biological agent counts on biological growth plates
AT04820906T ATE508426T1 (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 COUNTING BIOLOGICAL AGENTS ON BIOLOGICAL GROWING PLATES
DE602004032555T DE602004032555D1 (en) 2003-09-05 2004-08-30 COUNTING BIOLOGICAL AGENTS ON BIOLOGICAL PLANTS
KR1020067004415A KR101078557B1 (en) 2003-09-05 2006-03-03 Counting biological agents on biological growth plates

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