Automatic identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Gaussian mixture models
- 10 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Microscopy
- Vol. 223 (2), 120-132
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01610.x
Abstract
Tuberculosis and other kinds of mycobacteriosis are serious illnesses for which early diagnosis is critical for disease control. Sputum sample analysis is a common manual technique employed for bacillus detection but current sample‐analysis techniques are time‐consuming, very tedious, subject to poor specificity and require highly trained personnel. Image‐processing and pattern‐recognition techniques are appropriate tools for improving the manual screening of samples. Here we present a new technique for sputum image analysis that combines invariant shape features and chromatic channel thresholding. Some feature descriptors were extracted from an edited bacillus data set to characterize their shape. They were statistically represented by using a Gaussian mixture model representation and a minimal error Bayesian classification procedure was employed for the last identification stage. This technique constitutes a step towards automating the process and providing a high specificity.Keywords
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