The study of protozoa population in wastewater treatment plants by image analysis
Protozoa are important microorganisms for the ecosystem balance in wastewater treatment plants. A procedure for their semi-automated identification and counting based on image analysis is proposed. The main difficulty is segmentation of the protozoa as most of them are in contact with the sludge. Th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
2001-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322001000100009 |