Kankanet: An artificial neural network-based object detection smartphone application and mobile microscope as a point-of-care diagnostic aid for soil-transmitted helminthiases.

• Main Authors: Ariel Yang (Author), Nahid Bakhtari (Author), Liana Langdon-Embry (Author), Emile Redwood (Author), Simon Grandjean Lapierre (Author), Patricia Rakotomanga (Author), Armand Rafalimanantsoa (Author), Juan De Dios Santos (Author), Inès Vigan-Womas (Author), Astrid M Knoblauch (Author), Luis A Marcos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<h4>Background</h4>Endemic areas for soil-transmitted helminthiases often lack the tools and trained personnel necessary for point-of-care diagnosis. This study pilots the use of smartphone microscopy and an artificial neural network-based (ANN) object detection application named Kankane...