ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,384, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Method for analyzing digital images" was invented by Filippo Arcadu (Basel, Switzerland), Maria Cristina De Vera Mudry (Basel, Switzerland), Citlalli Gamez Serna (Basel, Switzerland) and Marco Tecilla (Basel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods disclosed herein relate generally to systems and methods for detection, segmentation and characterization of isolated or overlapping object instances in digital images, applicable for detection, segmentation and characterization of crypts in histological images from patients with gast...