Performance of a malaria microscopy image analysis slide reading device

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Prescott, William R ^a   Jordan, Robert G ^a   Grobusch, Martin P ^b   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^c   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^d   Borovsky, Joseph ^e   Plaskow, Mark ^e   Torrez, Miguel ^f   Mico, Maximo ^g   Schwabe, Christopher ^f  

^a Hydas World Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e World Health Technologies   (United States)

^f Medical Care Development International   (United States)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Equatorial Guinea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Image analysis; Malaria; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SMEAR; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITEMIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860531146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-155     Document Type: Article

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