A comparison between a manual and automatic method to characterize red blood ce...

• Author(s): Pinto, Diana ; Gayubo Rojo, Fernando ; Pereira, Ana I. ; Lima, R.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/8293
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Automatic method; Red blood cells; Nonlinear optimization
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

The current study proposes an automatic method for the segmentation and tracking of red blood cells (RBCs) flowing through a 100 u m glass capillary. The measurements obtained with the proposed automatic method are compared with a manual tracking method using nonlinear optimization techniques.