Creating a virtual slide map from sputum smear images for region-of-interest localisation in automated microscopy
Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-144). === Automated microscopy for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) in sputum smears seeks to address the strain on technicians in busy TB laboratories and to achieve faster diagnosis in countries with a heavy TB burden. As a s...
Main Author: | Patel, Bhavin |
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Other Authors: | Douglas, Tania S |
Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3191 |
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