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20090210809 | Method and apparatus for internet, intranet, and local viewing of virtual microscope slides - A method of and apparatus for viewing microscopic images include transmitting tiled microscopic images from a server to a client. The client assembles the tiled images into a seamless virtual slide or specimen image and provides tools for manipulating image magnification and viewpoint. The method and apparatus also provides a virtual multi-headed microscope function which allows scattered viewers to simultaneously view and interact with a coherent magnified microscopic image. | 08-20-2009 |
20100074489 | FOCUSABLE VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A virtual microscope slide includes images of a specimen for a given level of optical magnification which are associated and stored in a data structure. The forming of the data structure having the multiple Z-plane images preferably includes automatically focusing at a principal reference focal plane and capturing and digitizing an optically magnified reference Z-image and then shifting the specimen relative to the lens system by a predetermined increment to capture and digitize another Z-plane image. Preferably, a multiple sequence of Z-plane images above and below the reference image and captured and digitized. For ease of retrieval and use, each reference image has its associated Z-plane images are formed in a stack that is sent over the Internet, or Intranet to a local computer storage for quick retrieval when a viewer wants to mimic a focusing up or down to better view a detail in an image. Thus, the resultant images are retrieved and displayed such that a virtual focusing capability is available to the user. The images can be formed with overlapping fields of depth, adjacent fields of depth, or wholly separated fields of depth. | 03-25-2010 |
20110145755 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET, INTRANET, AND LOCAL VIEWING OF VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SLIDES - A method of and apparatus for viewing microscopic images include transmitting tiled microscopic images from a server to a client. The client assembles the tiled images into a seamless virtual slide or specimen image and provides tools for manipulating image magnification and viewpoint. The method and apparatus also provides a virtual multi-headed microscope function which allows scattered viewers to simultaneously view and interact with a coherent magnified microscopic image. | 06-16-2011 |
20110181622 | FOCUSABLE VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A virtual microscope slide includes images of a specimen for a given level of optical magnification which are associated and stored in a data structure. The forming of the data structure having the multiple Z-plane images preferably includes automatically focusing at a principal reference focal plane and capturing and digitizing an optically magnified reference Z-image and then shifting the specimen relative to the lens system by a predetermined increment to capture and digitize another Z-plane image. Preferably, a multiple sequence of Z-plane images above and below the reference image and captured and digitized. For ease of retrieval and use, each reference image has its associated Z-plane images are formed in a stack that is sent over the Internet, or Intranet to a local computer storage for quick retrieval when a viewer wants to mimic a focusing up or down to better view a detail in an image. Thus, the resultant images are retrieved and displayed such that a virtual focusing capability is available to the user. The images can be formed with overlapping fields of depth, adjacent fields of depth, or wholly separated fields of depth. | 07-28-2011 |
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20090210809 | Method and apparatus for internet, intranet, and local viewing of virtual microscope slides - A method of and apparatus for viewing microscopic images include transmitting tiled microscopic images from a server to a client. The client assembles the tiled images into a seamless virtual slide or specimen image and provides tools for manipulating image magnification and viewpoint. The method and apparatus also provides a virtual multi-headed microscope function which allows scattered viewers to simultaneously view and interact with a coherent magnified microscopic image. | 08-20-2009 |
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20110145755 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET, INTRANET, AND LOCAL VIEWING OF VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SLIDES - A method of and apparatus for viewing microscopic images include transmitting tiled microscopic images from a server to a client. The client assembles the tiled images into a seamless virtual slide or specimen image and provides tools for manipulating image magnification and viewpoint. The method and apparatus also provides a virtual multi-headed microscope function which allows scattered viewers to simultaneously view and interact with a coherent magnified microscopic image. | 06-16-2011 |
20110181622 | FOCUSABLE VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A virtual microscope slide includes images of a specimen for a given level of optical magnification which are associated and stored in a data structure. The forming of the data structure having the multiple Z-plane images preferably includes automatically focusing at a principal reference focal plane and capturing and digitizing an optically magnified reference Z-image and then shifting the specimen relative to the lens system by a predetermined increment to capture and digitize another Z-plane image. Preferably, a multiple sequence of Z-plane images above and below the reference image and captured and digitized. For ease of retrieval and use, each reference image has its associated Z-plane images are formed in a stack that is sent over the Internet, or Intranet to a local computer storage for quick retrieval when a viewer wants to mimic a focusing up or down to better view a detail in an image. Thus, the resultant images are retrieved and displayed such that a virtual focusing capability is available to the user. The images can be formed with overlapping fields of depth, adjacent fields of depth, or wholly separated fields of depth. | 07-28-2011 |
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20090214576 | TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND USING THEM IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE - The invention is the method of using the soluble modified receptor erbB3 to treat breast cancer by competitively inhibiting ligands, such as heregulin, from binding to erbB3 tyrosine kinase receptors on cell surfaces. | 08-27-2009 |
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20110059081 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE MEDIATED DISEASES OR DISORDERS - The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating a disease or disorder in a subject, the method comprising, administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and a therapeutically effective amount of one or more inhibitors of the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) pathway including, for example, methyltransferase inhibitors. | 03-10-2011 |
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20090186910 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CELLULAR FAT AND FOR PREDICTING CARDIAC TOXICITY AND UPON TREATMENT WITH TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS - Methods are disclosed for determining whether organ toxicity, particularly cardiotoxicity, will occur in a patient selected for treatment with various kinase inhibitors, such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors, more particularly erbB inhibitors such as Herceptin. In addition, methods are disclosed for determining whether a potential drug is likely to produce a cardiotoxic effect. The methods involve analyzing lipid levels or the expression fatty acid oxidation enzymes, pAMP activated protein kinase, glucose uptake, to determine whether a fatty acid oxidation disorder is present. The identification of a fatty acid oxidation disorder can be used as a predictor of toxicity, especially cardiac toxicity, and as an indication that organ function should be carefully monitored if a drug such as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor is administered. Methods are also disclosed for protecting organs from metabolic stress and for the treatment of cells, such as adipocytes, to reduce their lipid content. | 07-23-2009 |
20090318346 | BIVALENT ErbB LIGAND BINDING MOLECULES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE - A new bivalent ErbB-based ligand binding molecule is disclosed along with its method of preparation and use. The binding molecule can be a protein expressed from a recombinant DNA molecule. The protein can contain two extracellular domains of an ErbB receptor that both bind to ErbB receptor ligands. These binding molecules act as traps to bind and sequester ligands, thus making them unavailable for binding to cellular ErbB receptors. | 12-24-2009 |
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20100303809 | METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF PTEN - The present disclosure provides methods for determining if PTEN is elevated or reduced in one or more tumor cells relative to one or more normal cells in the same biological sample by obtaining a biological sample comprising one or more tumor cells and one or more normal cells; assaying the biological sample for expression of PTEN; quantitating an amount of PTEN expression in the one or more tumor cells and an amount of PTEN expression in the one or more normal cells; comparing the amount of PTEN expression in the tumor cells to the amount of PTEN expression in the normal cells; and determining that PTEN is elevated in the tumor cells where the amount of expression of PTEN is greater in the tumor cells as compared to the normal cells or determining that PTEN is reduced in the tumor cells where the amount of expression of PTEN is less in the tumor cells than in the normal cells. Such methods may be used to predict whether a patient will be responsive to treatment with one or more receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and/or may be used to select subjects for inclusion/exclusion in a clinical trial. | 12-02-2010 |
20100332417 | METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF THE P95 COMPONENT OF HER2/NEU (ERBB2) - The present disclosure relates generally to methods for the detection and quantitation of the p95 component of HER2/neu (ERbB2). Such methods may comprise assaying the biological sample for expression of HER2 ICD; assaying the biological sample for expression of a HER2 ECD; quantitating an expressed amount of the HER2 ICD and an expressed amount of the HER2 ECD in the biological sample; and determining the amount of p95 expressed in the biological sample based on a difference between the expressed amount of the HER2 ICD and the expressed amount of the HER2 ECD. The methods of the present disclosure may be used to predict whether a subject will be responsive to a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and/or may be used to select subjects for inclusion/exclusion in a clinical trial. | 12-30-2010 |
20110136149 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE RESPONSE TO HER2-DIRECTED THERAPY - This invention provides methods for determining or predicting response to HER2-directed therapy in an individual. | 06-09-2011 |
20130225424 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING RESPONSIVENESS TO A DRUG BASED UPON DETERMINATION OF RAS MUTATION AND/OR RAS AMPLIFICATION - The present disclosure provides methods for predicting the sensitivity (e.g., responsiveness) of a cell and/or biological sample obtained from a subject (e.g., a human) to a drug (e.g., a DHFR inhibitor). Such methods may comprise determining the presence or absence of one or more Ras mutations and/or determining the presence or absence of an amplification of the Ras gene in the cell and/or biological sample. The methods may be used to predict the responsiveness of a subject to treatment with a drug. | 08-29-2013 |
20130288285 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING CARDIAC TOXICITY - Methods are disclosed for determining whether organ toxicity, particularly cardiotoxicity, will occur in a patient selected for treatment with various kinase inhibitors, such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors, more particularly erbB inhibitors such as Herceptin. In addition, methods are disclosed for determining whether a potential drug is likely to produce a cardiotoxic effect. The methods involve analyzing lipid levels or the expression fatty acid oxidation enzymes, pAMP activated protein kinase, glucose uptake, to determine whether a fatty acid oxidation disorder is present. The identification of a fatty acid oxidation disorder can be used as a predictor of toxicity, especially cardiac toxicity, and as an indication that organ function should be carefully monitored if a drug such as a tyrosine kinase inhibitor is administered. Methods are also disclosed for protecting organs from metabolic stress and for the treatment of cells, such as adipocytes, to reduce their lipid content. | 10-31-2013 |
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20150125448 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE RESPONSE TO HER2-DIRECTED THERAPY - This invention provides methods for determining or predicting response to HER2-directed therapy in an individual. | 05-07-2015 |