Cell Image Display Apparatus Sorting by NC Ratio
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing specimen imaging apparatuses face difficulties in aligning blood cell images in a sequence that facilitates easy reclassification, leading to errors in classification due to the current imaging sequence not aligning with reclassification efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus aligns blood cell images based on characteristic parameters, allowing for reclassification by displaying them in a sequence determined by these parameters, such as ascending or descending order of NC ratio, to enhance classification accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If blood cell images are aligned in imaging sequence, then the display process is simple, but reclassification efficiency is poor and errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter used for alignment from imaging sequence to characteristic parameter values (such as NC ratio). This allows images to be sorted and displayed according to their measured characteristics, enabling efficient reclassification by grouping similar cells together while maintaining an automated display process.
2Device complexity
If blood cell images are aligned in imaging sequence, then the display system remains simple, but classification accuracy decreases due to reclassification errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the sorting parameter from temporal (imaging sequence) to physical/measured (characteristic parameter values). This enables accurate reclassification by grouping images with similar characteristic values together, improving classification accuracy without significantly increasing system complexity.
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AI summary
A cell image display apparatus comprising: a parameter value obtainer for obtaining characteristic parameter values based on a plurality of cell images obtained by imaging a sample including the plurality of cells, wherein each of the characteristic parameter values respectively indicates characteristic of each of the cells; a type determiner for determining types of the cells based on the characteristic parameter values obtained by the parameter value obtainer; a display; and a display controller for controlling the display so as to display the cell images in a sequence based on the types of the cells obtained by the type determiner and the characteristic parameter values obtained by the parameter value obtainer. A method and a computer program product are also disclosed.