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Modified Global and Modified Linear Contrast Stretching Algorithms : New Colour Contrast Enhancement Techniques for Microscopic Analysis of Malaria Slide Images
Joint Authors
Mohamed, Zeehaida
Abdul-Nasir, Aimi Salihah
Mashor, Mohd Yusoff
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Malaria is one of the serious global health problem, causing widespread sufferings and deaths in various parts of the world.
With the large number of cases diagnosed over the year, early detection and accurate diagnosis which facilitates prompt treatment is an essential requirement to control malaria.
For centuries now, manual microscopic examination of blood slide remains the gold standard for malaria diagnosis.
However, low contrast of the malaria and variable smears quality are some factors that may influence the accuracy of interpretation by microbiologists.
In order to reduce this problem, this paper aims to investigate the performance of the proposed contrast enhancement techniques namely, modified global and modified linear contrast stretching as well as the conventional global and linear contrast stretching that have been applied on malaria images of P.
vivax species.
The results show that the proposed modified global and modified linear contrast stretching techniques have successfully increased the contrast of the parasites and the infected red blood cells compared to the conventional global and linear contrast stretching.
Hence, the resultant images would become useful to microbiologists for identification of various stages and species of malaria.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abdul-Nasir, Aimi Salihah& Mashor, Mohd Yusoff& Mohamed, Zeehaida. 2012. Modified Global and Modified Linear Contrast Stretching Algorithms : New Colour Contrast Enhancement Techniques for Microscopic Analysis of Malaria Slide Images. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487129
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abdul-Nasir, Aimi Salihah…[et al.]. Modified Global and Modified Linear Contrast Stretching Algorithms : New Colour Contrast Enhancement Techniques for Microscopic Analysis of Malaria Slide Images. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487129
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abdul-Nasir, Aimi Salihah& Mashor, Mohd Yusoff& Mohamed, Zeehaida. Modified Global and Modified Linear Contrast Stretching Algorithms : New Colour Contrast Enhancement Techniques for Microscopic Analysis of Malaria Slide Images. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-487129
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487129