The invention is an image taking method in which images are taken with a microscope in an analyzing space at focal plane positions shifted with an equal step size, and an image is selected from the taken images for further image processing; the images are taken of a sediment of a liquid; the method includes: taking, in a first spatial region of the analyzing space, a first depth image sequence, and selecting from the first depth image sequence the image with the best contrast for further image processing, and taking, in a second spatial region of the analyzing space, a second depth image sequence with fewer images by taking into account the previous step, and selecting from the second depth image sequence the image with the best contrast for further image processing. The invention further includes an image analysis neural network for use with the above method.
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Medical diagnostic test strips; test strips for measuring
body fluid parameters. Measuring devices; measuring instruments; measuring sensors;
electric measuring apparatus; digital measuring apparatus;
optical measuring components; automatic measuring
instruments; research laboratory analysers for measuring,
testing and analysing blood and other bodily fluids; parts,
accessories, disposable cuvettes and cuvette racks for the
aforementioned goods; microscopes for medical use; computer
hardware; computer software; computer software relating to
the medical field; interface software; application software;
operating software; graphics software; communication
software; AI software; image recognition software; computer
software for processing digital images; apparatus and
instruments for processing images; telecommunication
apparatus and instruments; disposable cuvettes and cuvette
racks for medical and clinical laboratory usage. Medical apparatus and instruments; diagnostic apparatus and
instruments for medical purposes; medical apparatus and
instruments for body fluid testing or analysis, medical
apparatus and instruments for urine analysis; automated body
fluid analyzers for medical use; blood sugar measuring
apparatus and instruments; parts and accessories for the
aforementioned goods.
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Medical diagnostic test strips for blood analysis, urine analysis and saliva analysis; test strips for measuring body fluid parameters Research laboratory measuring devices, measuring instruments, measuring sensors, electric measuring apparatus, digital measuring apparatus, optical measuring components and automatic measuring instruments for measuring, testing and analyzing blood and other bodily fluids; research laboratory analyzers for measuring, testing and analyzing blood and other bodily fluids; mechanical, electric, and electronic cuvettes and structural parts therefor; disposable cuvettes and cuvette racks for the aforementioned goods; microscopes for medical use; computer hardware; downloadable computer software for collecting, analyzing, and organizing of measurement, test and analysis data relating to blood and other bodily fluids; downloadable computer software for collecting, analyzing, and organizing of measurement, test and analysis data in the field of medicine; downloadable graphical user interface software; downloadable data management computer application software for research laboratory measuring devices; downloadable computer operating software; downloadable computer graphics software; downloadable communication software for providing network access to research laboratory measuring devices; downloadable computer software programs using artificial intelligence (AI) for image recognition; downloadable computer software for image recognition; downloadable computer software for processing digital images; apparatus and instruments for processing images; telecommunication apparatus and instruments as parts of research laboratory measuring devices in the nature of measuring devices used for blood analysis, urine analysis and saliva analysis; disposable cuvettes and cuvette racks for medical and clinical laboratory usage Medical apparatus and instruments for analyzing content of blood and other bodily fluids; diagnostic apparatus and instruments for medical purposes in the nature of blood and other bodily fluid analyzers; medical apparatus and instruments for body fluid testing or analysis; medical apparatus and instruments for urine analysis; automated body fluid analyzers for medical use; blood sugar measuring apparatus and instruments; mechanical, electric, and electronic cuvettes and structural parts therefor
The invention is a method for manufacturing a cuvette for analyzing liquid, the method comprising applying welding for securing together cuvette parts. During the method, the following steps are carried out: fitting together an upper cuvette part (10) comprising a transparent upper window portion (11) and a lower cuvette part comprising a transparent lower window portion, thereby forming an analyzing space between the upper window portion (11) and the lower window portion, wherein in the fitted-together position, the upper cuvette part (10) and the lower cuvette part contact each other along at least one peripheral, closed weld path, followed by welding together the upper cuvette part (10) and the lower cuvette part along a weld path in a leakproof manner.
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IMAGE TAKING METHOD, IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, METHOD FOR TRAINING AN IMAGE ANALYSIS NEURAL NETWORK, AND IMAGE ANALYSIS NEURAL NETWORK
The invention is an image taking method comprising: taking images with a microscope in an analyzing space (40) at focal plane positions (50) shifted with an equal step size; and selecting an image from the taken images for further image processing. The images are taken of a sediment (31) of a liquid filled in the analyzing space (40) located between a transparent upper window portion (11) and a transparent lower window portion (21) of a container (30) adapted for analyzing a liquid, wherein the sediment (31) is centrifuged on an inner flat surface of the lower window portion (21 ), and wherein the method comprises: taking, in a first spatial region (41) of the analyzing space (40), a first depth image sequence, and selecting from the first depth image sequence the image with the best contrast for further image processing, and taking, in a second spatial region (42) of the analyzing space (40), a second depth image sequence by taking into account the previous step, wherein the second depth image sequence has fewer images than the first depth image sequence, and selecting from the second depth image sequence the image with the best contrast for further image processing. The invention is further an image analysis method, a method for training an image analysis neural network, and an image analysis neural network based on the above.
A control method for a centrifuge is performed by a motor drive unit to drive a motor of the centrifuge using pulses from an angle sensor. The method has a start phase, a regulated acceleration phase, a holding phase, a regulated deceleration phase, a regulated gentle deceleration phase, and a position adjustment phase.
The invention is a control method for a centrifuge, wherein a motor (10) of the centrifuge is driven by a motor drive unit (15) and a control signal determining a desired motion of the centrifuge is supplied to the motor drive unit (15), and wherein pulses of an angle sensor (11) coupled to the motor (10) are utilised in the control method. The following consecutive phases are implemented between a starting and a stopping of the centrifuge: - a starting phase, in which the control signal is determined on the basis of a position determined by the pulses of the angle sensor (11), - a regulated acceleration phase, in which the control signal is determined on the basis of the position and a time difference between the pulses, - a holding phase, in which a pre-determined centrifugation speed is held by determining the control signal on the basis of the time difference between the pulses, - a regulated deceleration phase, in which the control signal is determined on the basis of the position and the time difference between the pulses, - a regulated gentle deceleration phase, in which the control signal is determined on the basis of the position and the time difference between the pulses, wherein the time difference is taken into consideration with a lower weight than in the regulated deceleration phase, and - a position adjustment phase, in which the control signal is determined on the basis of the position. The invention is furthermore a centrifuge, a computer program and a storage medium carrying out the method.
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COMBINED BRIGHT-FIELD AND PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH
The invention is, on the one hand, a combined bright-field and phase-contrast microscopy system, comprising a bright-field illumination unit (10), a phase-contrast illumination unit (20), and a control unit (40) adapted for controlling a switching of the bright-field illumination unit (10) and a switching of phase-contrast illumination unit (20). The bright-field illumination unit (10) and the phase-contrast illumination unit (20) have optical axes (11, 21) different from each other, and the microscopy system further comprises - an optical element (30) providing a common optical axis (31) of illumination both for an illumination arriving from the bright-field illumination unit (10) and for an illumination arriving from the phase-contrast illumination unit (20), and, arranged one after the other along the common optical axis (31) of illumination, a - sample holder (33), - a phase-contrast objective (35) and - an image recorder (50) adapted for taking an image before and an image after each respective switchover between the two illumination types. On the other hand, the invention is an image processing apparatus applying the above microscopy system.
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DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURING, BLOOD GLUCOSE METER, BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM AND DATA CARRIER THEREFOR
The invention is a data processing method for blood glucose measuring, comprising the steps of receiving user-measured blood glucose values, processing the measured blood glucose values, and calculating therefrom values relating to the user's condition. In the method, additional information that can be optionally assigned to the measured blood glucose values by the user are also received, said additional information specifying whether the given measured blood glucose value is a preprandial or a postprandial value, upon the fulfilment of particular conditions, a special average is calculated from the measured blood glucose values, and an estimated glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) range is calculated from the special average. Furthermore, the invention is a blood glucose meter (10), a blood glucose measurement system, a computer program and a data carrier, all based on the method.
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Test strips and reagent strips for blood-glucose measuring devices. Medical apparatus and instruments, blood-glucose measuring devices. Medical and health services, services relating to online blood glucose logs.
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Produits et services
Test strips and reagent strips for blood-glucose measuring devices. Medical apparatus and instruments, blood-glucose measuring devices. Medical and health services, services relating to online blood glucose logs.
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Produits et services
Test strips and reagent strips for blood-glucose measuring devices. Medical apparatus and instruments, blood-glucose measuring devices. Medical and health services, online services relating to blood glucose journals.
the decision module (DM) is adapted for taking into account, examining the presence of the element, at least one further probability map other than the probability map (11) associated with the category of the element.
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G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
G06K 9/80 - Combinaison du prétraitement de l'image et de fonctions de reconnaissance
The invention is an image processing method and an apparatus for automatic categorisation of elements in an image of a body fluid sample, the apparatus comprising - a recognition module (RM) for generating probability maps associated with each category on the basis of visual information appearing in the image, the probability map showing presence probability distribution of the element of the given category, and - a decision module (DM) for providing information about the presence of elements of the categories on the basis of an analysis of the probability maps. The apparatus according to the invention furthermore comprises - a calling module (CM) for locating presumably present elements in the image (10) and calling the decision module (DM) regarding each presumably present element, and - the decision module (DM) is adapted for taking into account, in examining the presence of the element, at least one further probability map other than the probability map (11) associated with the category of the element.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
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G06K 9/62 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques
G06K 9/80 - Combinaison du prétraitement de l'image et de fonctions de reconnaissance
The invention is, on the one hand, method for training a neural network - the neural network being adapted for generating probability maps - each associated with a respective category of elements in an image - on a basis of visual information detectable in the image of a body fluid sample, the probability map comprising presence probability values of an element of the given category, and - the neural network being a convolution neural network and comprising an input layer (20) detecting inputs from the image, at least one intermediate layer (21) and an output layer (23) providing the presence probability values and comprising sub-layers in a number corresponding to the number of the categories, The method is characterised by - carrying out the training by means of training images characterised by an element associated with only up to one category and being smaller than the image, for a sub-network of the neural network, the sub-network corresponding to the size of the training image and comprising neurons (24) of the input layer detecting inputs from the training image, and neurons (24) - linked to these directly or indirectly by weights - of the at least one intermediate layer and the output layer, - and generating the complete neural network with weights (25) resulting from the training of the sub-network. On the other hand the invention is a neural network trained by the above method.
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G06K 9/46 - Extraction d'éléments ou de caractéristiques de l'image
The invention is an optical measuring unit (10) for carrying out a reflective measurement, the unit comprising a light source (11) suitable for illuminating a surface to be measured, a measuring sensor (12a, 12b) for detecting a light reflected by the surface to be measured, and a light blocking optical element (13) separating the measuring sensor (12a, 12b) from the direct light of the light source (11) and having an internal space that comprises a straight centreline light tube (14) extending from the light source (11) to the surface to be measured. The inner space of the light blocking optical element (13) comprises a shaded space (19) extending from the centreline of the light tube (14) farther than the light tube (14), in which a monitoring sensor (15) is arranged, said monitoring sensor (15) being subjected to a part of the direct light of the light source (11) and enabling compensation of a change of the light emission of the light source (11). On the other hand, the invention is a method for carrying out a reflective measurement by an optical measuring unit (10).
G01N 21/27 - CouleurPropriétés spectrales, c.-à-d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en utilisant la détection photo-électrique
Medical apparatus and instruments, diagnostic apparatus and
instruments for medical purposes, medical apparatus and
instruments for body fluid testing or analysis, medical
apparatus and instruments for urine analysis; parts and
accessories thereof.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
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Produits et services
Telecommunication apparatus and instruments; parts and
accessories thereof. Medical apparatus and instruments, diagnostic apparatus and
instruments for medical purposes, medical apparatus and
instruments for body fluid testing or analysis, medical
apparatus and instruments for urine analysis; blood sugar
measuring apparatus and instruments; parts and accessories
thereof.
The invention is a container for analyzing liquid, in particular a cuvette for analyzing urine, said container comprising an upper part (10) having a transparent upper window part, a lower part (20) adjoining the upper part (10), said lower part (20) having a transparent lower window part, an analyzing space located between the upper window part and the lower window part, an inlet aperture (12) for charging the liquid into the analyzing space, and an outlet aperture (13) for allowing air escape from the container during charging. The container is characterized by comprising a buffer passage (28) between the analyzing space (29) and the outlet aperture (13).
