Development of an automated intelligent diagnostic system for tuberculosis detection based on sputum specimen

• Main Author: Rafikha Aliana, A. Raof
• Other Authors: Prof. Dr. Mohd. Yusoff Mashor
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2016
• Subjects: Tuberculosis (TB); Infectious disease; Tuberculosis Diagnostic System; Sputum specimen; Tuberculosis detection
• Online Access: http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/41291
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Perlis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease. TB diagnosis is usually done manually by microbiologist through microscopic examination of sputum specimen of TB patients for pulmonary TB diseases. However, this practice is time consuming and labour-intensive. Hence, it results in fatigue and work...