EP0753732A3
Process of counting weakly luminescent particles
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the enumeration of weakly luminescent particles, in particular a method of counting cells and microorganisms labeled with a colored or fluorescent marker selectively marking the microorganisms and cells to be counted, characterized in that one using a photon accumulation camera to acquire at least one low-resolution image I, to threshold said low-resolution image so as to obtain at least one binary image Ib, performing at least one dimensional filtering and counting the number N of objects belonging to a given dimension class in the binary image Ib.
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| EP0447034A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | 1 |
| EP0529084A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | 1 |
| EP0647858A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report | 1 |
12 members in 7 offices
Priority claims7
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
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| 9506923 | France | A | |
| 9506923 | France | A | |
| 9506923 | France | – | |
| 66231296 | United States of America | A | |
| 66231296 | United States of America | A | |
| FR19950006923 | – | – | – |
| US19960662312 | – | – | – |
Members12
| Document | Office | Kind | |
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| FR2735255A1 | France | A1 | |
| EP0753732A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| JPH09145623A | Japan | A | |
| EP0753732A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| FR2735255B1 | France | B1 | |
| US5828716A | United States of America | A | |
| EP0753732B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT241006T | Austria | T | |
| ATE241006T1 | Austria | T1 | |
| DE69628240D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| DK0753732T3 | Denmark | T3 | |
| DE69628240T2 | Germany | T2 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0753732
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0753732
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0753732
- Application
- 96401234
- Application, DOCDB
- 96401234
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19960401234
Titles3
- German
- Verfahren zum Abzählen leicht lumineszierender Teilchen
- English
- Process of counting weakly luminescent particles
- French
- Procédé de numération de particules faiblement luminescentes
Classification
- CPC, 4
- G06M11/00
- G01N15/00
- G01N15/0227
- C12M41/36
- IPC, 10
- G01N33 48
- C12M1 34
- C12Q1 06
- G01N15 00
- G01N15 02
- G01N15 14
- G01N21 77
- G01N21 78
- G06M11 00
- G06T1 00
Designated states18
- Contracting states, 18
- Austria
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Denmark
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Sweden