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ReviewComputational intelligence and neuroscience2022

Computational Methods for Automated Analysis of Malaria Parasite Using Blood Smear Images: Recent Advances.

Shankar Shambhu, Deepika Koundal, Prasenjit Das, Vinh Truong Hoang, Kiet Tran-Trung, Hamza Turabieh

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Review in Computational intelligence and neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shankar ShambhuChitkara University School of Computer Applications, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2348-1041
Deepika KoundalSchool of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1688-8772
Prasenjit DasChitkara University School of Computer Applications, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0421-5909
Vinh Truong HoangFaculty of Computer Science, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3464-3894
Kiet Tran-TrungFaculty of Computer Science, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0492-676X
Hamza TurabiehDepartment of Information Technology, College of Computing and Information Technology, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8103-563X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria comes under one of the dangerous diseases in many countries. It is the primary reason for most of the causalities across the world. It is presently rated as a significant cause of the high mortality rate worldwide compared with other diseases that can be reduced significantly by its earlier detection. Therefore, to facilitate the early detection/diagnosis of malaria to reduce the mortality rate, an automated computational method is required with a high accuracy rate. This study is a solid starting point for researchers who want to look into automated blood smear analysis to detect malaria. In this paper, a comprehensive review of different computer-assisted techniques has been outlined as follows: (i) acquisition of image dataset, (ii) preprocessing, (iii) segmentation of RBC, and (iv) feature extraction and selection, and (v) classification for the detection of malaria parasites using blood smear images. This study will be helpful for: (i) researchers can inspect and improve the existing computational methods for early diagnosis of malaria with a high accuracy rate that may further reduce the interobserver and intra-observer variations; (ii) microbiologists to take the second opinion from the automated computational methods for effective diagnosis of malaria; and (iii) finally, several issues remain addressed, and future work has also been discussed in this work.

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MalariaParasitesAlgorithmsAnimalsImage Processing, Computer-Assisted

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PMCPMC9017520

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