Automated estimation of parasitaemia of Plasmodium yoelii-infected mice by digital image analysis of Giemsa-stained thin blood smears

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ma, Charles ^a   Harrison, Paul ^a   Wang, Lina ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; GIEMSA STAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM YOELII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALARIA; MICE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 78649523891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-348     Document Type: Article

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