20160083791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITIES IN CERVICAL CELLS - The present disclosure is directed to a method for identifying an abnormal sample of cells by (a) hybridizing a set of chromosomal probes to the sample, wherein the set comprises probes to 3q, 5p, CEP7, and 20; (b) evaluating cells of the sample to detect and quantify the presence of each probe in the set; (c) categorizing the evaluated cells of the sample as normal or abnormal, wherein the normal cells contain exactly two copies of each probe in the set and the abnormal cells do not contain exactly two copies of each probe in the set; (d) calculating the percentage of the abnormal cells in the evaluated cells of the sample; and (e) identifying the sample of cells as abnormal if the percentage of abnormal cells in the evaluated cells is greater than or equal to a predetermined cut-off threshold value. | 03-24-2016 |