Efficient Malaria Parasite Detection from Diverse Images of Thick Blood Smears for Cross-Regional Model Accuracy

Efficient Malaria Parasite Detection from Diverse Images of Thick Blood Smears for Cross-Regional Model Accuracy 150 150 IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB)

Abstract:

Goal: The purpose of this work is to improve malaria diagnosis efficiency by integrating smartphones with microscopes. This integration involves image acquisition and algorithmic detection of malaria parasites in various thick blood smear (TBS) datasets sourced from different global regions, including low-quality images from Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: This approach combines …

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