IDENTIFYING LARGER OBJECTS IN EAR CONTENT SAMPLES

Abstract: an apparatus includes: a sample chamber having at least one depth dimension configured to allow an object of interest to move, where the object of interest has a size of at least 100 micrometers; an imaging device configured to capture images of the sample chamber, where the imaging device includes a single objective lens and has a resolving power of approximately 25 micrometers or larger than 25 micrometers; at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions. the instructions, when executed, cause the apparatus to: access at least one image, captured by the imaging device, of at least a portion of the sample chamber; processing the at least one image to provide an indication of one of: an object of interest, no object of interest, or a location in the sample chamber of a potential object of interest; and providing an output based on the indication.

Inventor(s): Jason J. Aguiar, Jeremy Hammond, James W. Russell, David Steines, Jason Karp

CPC Classification: G06T7/0012 ({Biomedical image inspection})

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