Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) for real-time automatic quantification of filariasis in mobile microscopy.

• Main Authors: Lin Lin (Author), Elena Dacal (Author), Nuria Díez (Author), Claudia Carmona (Author), Alexandra Martin Ramirez (Author), Lourdes Barón Argos (Author), David Bermejo-Peláez (Author), Carla Caballero (Author), Daniel Cuadrado (Author), Oscar Darias-Plasencia (Author), Jaime García-Villena (Author), Alexander Bakardjiev (Author), Maria Postigo (Author), Ethan Recalde-Jaramillo (Author), Maria Flores-Chavez (Author), Andrés Santos (Author), María Jesús Ledesma-Carbayo (Author), José M Rubio (Author), Miguel Luengo-Oroz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Filariasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by roundworms, is a significant public health concern in many tropical countries. Microscopic examination of blood samples can detect and differentiate parasite species, but it is time consuming and requires expert microscopists, a resource that is not...