A novel semi-automatic image processing approach to determine Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Giemsa-stained thin blood smears
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- 28 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Cell Biology
- Vol. 9 (1) , 15
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-9-15
Abstract
Malaria parasitemia is commonly used as a measurement of the amount of parasites in the patient's blood and a crucial indicator for the degree of infection. Manual evaluation of Giemsa-stained thin blood smears under the microscope is onerous, time consuming and subject to human error. Although automatic assessments can overcome some of these problems the available methods are currently limited by their inability to evaluate cases that deviate from a chosen "standard" model.Keywords
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