A novel semi-automatic image processing approach to determine Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Giemsa-stained thin blood smears

BACKGROUND: 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 err...

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Autores principales: Le, Minh-Tam, Bretschneider, Timo R, Kuss, Claudia, Preiser, Peter R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2330144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18373862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-9-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2330144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18373862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-9-15

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