Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears
dc.contributor.advisor | Douglas, Tania S | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, Megan J | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-28T18:14:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-28T18:14:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_ZA |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92). | |
dc.description.abstract | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that tuberculosis (TB) is a global emergency. With the common combination of TB and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, the number of people dying from TB has increased enormously (WHO, 1996). The smart microscope that is under development in the MRC/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit would considerably aid the fast detection and tracking of TB. The microscope will automatically detect the presence of TB bacilli in Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stained sputum smears. The microscope consists of a digital camera, motorised stages, and will have an on-board processor containing the algorithms for autofocusing the microscope and for automatically identifying TB bacteria on the slides. This thesis deals with autofocusing the microscope and segmenting TB bacilli from focused sputum smear images. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Russell, M. J. (2006). <i>Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Human Biology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3198 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Russell, Megan J. <i>"Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Human Biology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3198 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Russell, M. 2006. Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Russell, Megan J AB - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that tuberculosis (TB) is a global emergency. With the common combination of TB and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, the number of people dying from TB has increased enormously (WHO, 1996). The smart microscope that is under development in the MRC/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit would considerably aid the fast detection and tracking of TB. The microscope will automatically detect the presence of TB bacilli in Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stained sputum smears. The microscope consists of a digital camera, motorised stages, and will have an on-board processor containing the algorithms for autofocusing the microscope and for automatically identifying TB bacteria on the slides. This thesis deals with autofocusing the microscope and segmenting TB bacilli from focused sputum smear images. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears TI - Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3198 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3198 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Russell MJ. Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Human Biology, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3198 | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Human Biology | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.subject.other | Medicine | en_ZA |
dc.title | Autofocusing and image segmentation in microscopy for automatic detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears | en_ZA |
dc.type | Master Thesis | |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
dc.type.qualificationname | MSc | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Thesis | en_ZA |
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