On-chip imaging of Schistosoma haematobium eggs in urine for diagnosis by computer vision.

• Main Authors: Ewert Linder (Author), Anne Grote (Author), Sami Varjo (Author), Nina Linder (Author), Marianne Lebbad (Author), Mikael Lundin (Author), Vinod Diwan (Author), Jari Hannuksela (Author), Johan Lundin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Microscopy, being relatively easy to perform at low cost, is the universal diagnostic method for detection of most globally important parasitic infections. As quality control is hard to maintain, misdiagnosis is common, which affects both estimates of parasite burdens and patient care. N...