On-Chip Imaging of Schistosoma haematobium Eggs in Urine for Diagnosis by Computer Vision

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Linder, Ewert ^a   Grote, Anne ^b   Varjo, Sami ^c   Linder, Nina ^b   Lebbad, Marianne ^d   Lundin, Mikael ^b   Diwan, Vinod ^a   Hannuksela, Jari ^c   Lundin, Johan ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ON CHIP IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SENSOR; URINE; WEBCAM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTICAL IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINE;

EID: 84892726767     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002547     Document Type: Article

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