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A Review on Digital Microscopic Images for Plasmodium Parasite Detection

A Review on Digital Microscopic Images for Plasmodium Parasite Detection

Sapto Nisworo  -  Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Tidar, Indonesia
*Alifia Revan Prananda  -  Department of Information Technology, Universitas Tidar, Indonesia
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Indonesia is one of the regions that contribute to the increasing number of malaria cases. In 2019, more than 250 million malaria cases were found in Indonesia. This phenomenon is caused by several factors, including the examination procedure. In Indonesia, the digital microscopic examination has become the gold standard procedure in detecting and diagnosing malaria, whereas this procedure requires considerable expertise. Hence, the rapid examination is difficult to ensure. In order to overcome this problem, several methods of malaria detection have been proposed with a different approach. Image processing and computer vision techniques have become a powerful approach in the development of early detection systems called computer-aided detection (CADe) and computer-aided diagnosis (CADx). Several previous findings reported their contributions in detecting Plasmodium parasites using image processing and computer vision. Recently, artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning, also offered outstanding results in detecting the Plasmodium parasite. This paper aims to present a scientific review of recent image processing and computer vision applications for the development of CADe or CADx in order to assist the doctor in doing rapid detection and diagnosis.
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Keywords: CAD; early detection; malaria; medical image analysis; Plasmodium parasite

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