Automated tissue image analysis: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:35, 12 July 2012

Revision as of 22:18, 12 July 2012

Line 57:

}}</ref> Systems for automatically analyzing tissue samples also reduce costs and save time.<ref name="O'Gorman_1985"/>

High-performance [[Charge-coupled device|CCD cameras]] are used for acquiring the digital images. Coupled with advanced [[fluorescence microscope|widefield microscope]]s and various [[algorithms]] for [[Deconvolution#Optics_and_other_imagingOptics and other imaging|image restoration]], this approach can provide better results than [[confocal microscope|confocal techniques]] at comparable speeds and lower costs.<ref name="Phukpattaranont_2007">

{{cite journal

|journal=IFMBE Proceedings

Line 69:

==Processes==

The [[United States of America|United States]] [[Food and Drug Administration]] classifies these systems as [[medical device]]s, under the general instrumentation category of [[automatic test equipment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nEHLxh9wxZIC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22FDA+automatic+test+equipment%22&source=bl&ots=nO34ROCJsK&sig=NZiXuURP1oUelJRfQ_JeO4eGzNg&hl=en&ei=UXRhSuf5IYiosgPD6Pxm&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 |title=Testing Computer Systems for FDA/MHRA Compliance - David Stokes - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-12}}</ref>

ATIS have seven basic processes (sample preparation, image acquisition, image analysis, results reporting, data storage, network communication, and self-system diagnostics) and realization of these functions highly accurate hardware and well-integrated, complex, and expensive software.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TF4-4J3NYCV-2&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=960952697&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b3f5dd0c610bf2586d1b0d99d784dff3 |title=Analytica Chimica Acta - Advances in cancer tissue microarray technology: Towards improved understanding and diagnostics |publisher=ScienceDirect.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-12}}</ref>

===Preparation===