(19)
(11) EP 3 669 227 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
28.02.2024 Bulletin 2024/09

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
20.12.2023 Bulletin 2023/51

(21) Application number: 18748860.6

(22) Date of filing: 06.07.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06V 20/69(2022.01)
G06V 10/82(2022.01)
G06V 10/98(2022.01)
G06V 10/764(2022.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G02B 21/244; G03H 1/0866; G03H 2001/005; G06V 20/695; G06V 10/993; G06V 10/82; G06V 10/764
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2018/068345
(87) International publication number:
WO 2019/034328 (21.02.2019 Gazette 2019/08)

(54)

IDENTIFYING THE QUALITY OF THE CELL IMAGES ACQUIRED WITH DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS

IDENTIFIZIERUNG DER QUALITÄT DER ZELLBILDER, DIE MIT DIGITALER HOLOGRAPHISCHER MIKROSKOPIE UNTER VERWENDUNG VON NEURONALEN FALTUNGSNETZWERKEN ERFASST WERDEN

IDENTIFICATION DE LA QUALITÉ DES IMAGES CELLULAIRES ACQUISES AU MOYEN D'UNE MICROSCOPIE HOLOGRAPHIQUE NUMÉRIQUE À L'AIDE DE RÉSEAUX NEURONAUX CONVOLUTIONNELS


(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 15.08.2017 US 201762545517 P

(43) Date of publication of application:
24.06.2020 Bulletin 2020/26

(73) Proprietor: Siemens Healthineers AG
91301 Forchheim (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • EL-ZEHIRY, Noha Youssry
    Plainsboro NJ 08536 (US)
  • KAMEN, Ali
    Skillman NJ 08558 (US)
  • RAPAKA, Saikiran
    Pennington NJ 08534 (US)

(74) Representative: Bals & Vogel Patentanwälte PartGmbB 
Sendlinger Strasse 42A
80331 München
80331 München (DE)


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