IP Library Granted Patent US 7,562,057
Granted Patent B2
US 7,562,057 · App. 11/230,848 · Granted Jul 14, 2009

System and method for hyper-spectral analysis

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Patent No.
US 7,562,057
App. No.
11/230,848
Granted
Jul 14, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved method and system for classifying tissue samples comprises determining a tissue type classification based on spectral data of training samples of known target classification. Denoised spectral data is generated from the spectral data based on the tissue type classification. A classifier is then trained using the denoised spectral data to classify the tissue samples.

Claims (36)

1. An improved method for training a classifier to classify tissue samples, comprising the steps of:

determining a tissue type classification based on spectral data of training samples of known target classification;

generating denoised spectral data from said spectral data based on said tissue type classification; and

training said classifier on said denoised spectral data to provide a classification of said tissue samples.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining comprises the step of classifying said tissue type using a first classifier based on said spectral data.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of classifying said tissue samples using said classifier.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining comprises the step of determining the tissue classification using a local disriminant basis algorithm.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of training comprises the step of training said classifier using Partial Least Squares.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of generating comprises the step of averaging nearby spectra within a fixed tissue type.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising the step of grouping pixels within a cellular nucleus based on said tissue classification; and wherein the step of averaging comprises the step of averaging all pixels determined to be within said cellular nucleus.

8. A method of classifying tissue samples, comprising the steps of:

determining a tissue type classification based on spectral data of training samples of known target classification;

generating denoised spectral data from said spectral data based on said tissue type classification;

training a classifier on said denoised spectral data; and

classifying said tissue samples using said classifier.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said training samples comprises samples containing known cancer tissue and samples not containing said known cancer tissue; and wherein the step of classifying comprises the step of classifying said tissue samples as being cancerous and non-cancerous using said classifier.

10. A system for classifying tissue samples, comprising:

a preliminary classifier for determining a tissue type classification based on spectral data of training samples of known target classification;

a processing module for generating denoised spectral data from said spectral data based on said tissue type classification; and

a training module for training a classifier on said denoised spectral data; and

wherein said classifier is operable to classify said tissue samples.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein said preliminary classifier is operable to determine the tissue classification using a local disriminant basis algorithm.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein said training module is operable to train said classifier using Partial Least Squares.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein said processing module is operable to average nearby spectra within a fixed tissue type.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein said processing module is operable to group pixels within a cellular nucleus based on said tissue classification, and average all pixels determined to be within said cellular nucleus.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein said training samples comprises samples containing known cancer tissue and samples not containing said known cancer tissue; and wherein said classifier is operable to classify said tissue samples as being cancerous and non-cancerous.

16. A computer readable medium comprising code for classifying tissue samples, said code comprising instructions for:

determining a tissue type classification based on spectral data of training samples of known target classification;

generating denoised spectral data from said spectral data based on said tissue type classification;

training a classifier on said denoised spectral data; and

classifying said tissue samples using said classifier.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein said code further comprising instructions for determining the tissue classification using a local disriminant basis algorithm.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein said code further comprising instructions for training said classifier using Partial Least Squares.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein said code further comprising instructions for averaging nearby spectra within a fixed tissue type.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein said code further comprising instructions for grouping pixels within a cellular nucleus based on said tissue classification; and averaging all pixels determined to be within said cellular nucleus.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein said training samples comprises samples containing known cancer tissue and samples not containing said known cancer tissue; and wherein said code further comprising instructions for classifying said tissue samples as being cancerous and non-cancerous using said classifier.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2017
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2014
From: MAGGIONI, MAURO
To: YALE UNIVERSITY
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From: YALE UNIVERSITY
To: PLAIN SIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.
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