Image segmentation and object classification for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-101). === An automated microscope is being developed in the MRC/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit at the University of Cape Town in an effort to ease the workload of laboratory technicians screening sputum smears for tuberculosis (TB), in order to impro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khutlang, Rethabile
Other Authors: Douglas, Tania S
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8967