"Proof-of-concept" evaluation of an automated sputum smear microscopy system for tuberculosis diagnosis.

"TBDx" is an innovative smear microscopy system that automatically loads slides onto a microscope, focuses and digitally captures images and then classifies smears as positive or negative using computerised algorithms.To determine the diagnostic accuracy of TBDx, using culture as the gold...

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Main Authors: James J Lewis, Violet N Chihota, Minty van der Meulen, P Bernard Fourie, Katherine L Fielding, Alison D Grant, Susan E Dorman, Gavin J Churchyard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3510232?pdf=render