Automatic identification of human helminth eggs on microscopic fecal specimens using digital image processing and an artificial neural network

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 718-730

  Yoon Seok Yang, ^a   Duck Kun Park, ^a   Hee Chan Kim, ^a   Choi, M H ^a   Chai, J Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Automatic identification; Helminth egg; Pattern classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROORGANISMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

HELMINTH EGGS; PARASITIC DISEASES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; HELMINTH; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ROC CURVE;

EID: 0034981036     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.923789     Document Type: Article

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