Automatic Image Recognition of Rapid Malaria Emergency Diagnosis: A Deep Neural Network Approach

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dc.contributor.advisorHuang, Xiangji
dc.creatorLiang, Zhaohui
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T13:58:14Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T13:58:14Z
dc.date.copyright2017-06-16
dc.date.issued2018-03-01
dc.date.updated2018-03-01T13:58:13Z
dc.degree.disciplineInformation Systems and Technology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractDeep learning is the state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) method for visual pattern detection and automated diagnosis. This paper describes the application of convolutional neural network (CNN), the deep learning model for visual recognition, to automatic detection of plasmodium parasitized red blood cells for malaria field screening and rapid diagnosis. The malaria thin blood smears are from Bangladesh and initially labeled by a specialist. 27,578 red blood cell images are segmented (raw set). The images are rotated clockwise three times to generate an augmented dataset with 110,312 red blood cell images. A 12-layer and an 18-layer CNN-based Malaria Net models are applied to classify both the raw data set and the augmented dataset. The performance is evaluated by ten-fold cross-validation and compared to a transfer learning model. In the ten-fold cross-validation test for Malaria Net, the average accuracy is 97.37% (18-layer) and 96.09% (12-layer) with the raw set, and is 97.93% and 96.75% with the augmented set, in comparison to 91.99% with the raw set and 94.26% with the augmented set in transfer learning. In addition, the two CNN models show superiority over transfer learning in all performance indicators such as sensitivity, specificity, precision, F1 score, and Matthews correlation coefficient. The Malaria Net can accurately detect malaria-infected red blood cells. A CNN model trained by domain-specific data shows superior performance over the transfer-learning method. Automatic image classification powered by deep learning offers not only an accurate method for the malaria field screening and rapid diagnosis but also a new solution for malaria control especially in resource-poor regions.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34319
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectMedical imaging and radiology
dc.subject.keywordsConvolutional neural networks
dc.subject.keywordsDeep learning
dc.subject.keywordsMedical image processing
dc.subject.keywordsMedical informatics
dc.subject.keywordsInformation technology
dc.subject.keywordsArtificial intelligence
dc.subject.keywordsMachine learning
dc.titleAutomatic Image Recognition of Rapid Malaria Emergency Diagnosis: A Deep Neural Network Approach
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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