Computer vision for microscopy diagnosis of malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tek, F Boray ^a   Dempster, Andrew G ^b   Kale, Izzet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; SCREENING TEST; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 68349092744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-153     Document Type: Article

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