Morphological characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a MODS culture for an automatic diagnostics through pattern recognition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Alva, Alicia ^a   Aquino, Fredy ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b   Olivares, Carlos ^a   Requena, David ^a   Gutiérrez, Andrés H ^a   Caviedes, Luz ^a   Coronel, Jorge ^a   Larson, Sandra ^c   Sheen, Patricia ^a   Moore, David A J ^a,d   Zimic, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELEDIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84892769908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082809     Document Type: Article

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