Automatic sputum color image segmentation for tuberculosis diagnosis

Manuel G. Forero-Vargas; Eduard L. Sierra-Ballen; Josue Alvarez-Borrego; Jose Luis Pech-Pacheco; Gabriel Cristobal-Perez; Luis Alcala; Manuel Desco

doi:10.1117/12.449343

13 November 2001 Automatic sputum color image segmentation for tuberculosis diagnosis

Manuel G. Forero-Vargas, Eduard L. Sierra-Ballen, Josue Alvarez-Borrego, Jose Luis Pech-Pacheco, Gabriel Cristobal-Perez, Luis Alcala, Manuel Desco

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Proceedings Volume 4471, Algorithms and Systems for Optical Information Processing V; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.449343
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacteriosis are serious illnesses which control is mainly based on presumptive diagnosis. Besides of clinical suspicion, the diagnosis of mycobacteriosis must be done through genus specific smears of clinical specimens. However, these techniques lack of sensitivity and consequently clinicians must wait culture results as much as two months. Computer analysis of digital images from these smears could improve sensitivity of the test and, moreover, decrease workload of the micobacteriologist. Bacteria segmentation of particular species entails a complex process. Bacteria shape is not enough as a discriminant feature, because there are many species that share the same shape. Therefore the segmentation procedure requires to be improved using the color image information. In this paper we present two segmentation procedures based on fuzzy rules and phase-only correlation techniques respectively that will provide the basis of a future automatic particle' screening.

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Manuel G. Forero-Vargas, Eduard L. Sierra-Ballen, Josue Alvarez-Borrego, Jose Luis Pech-Pacheco, Gabriel Cristobal-Perez, Luis Alcala, and Manuel Desco "Automatic sputum color image segmentation for tuberculosis diagnosis", Proc. SPIE 4471, Algorithms and Systems for Optical Information Processing V, (13 November 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.449343

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