Image processing and analysis of microscopy images of red blood cells.

• Main Author: Soh, Wei Ting.
• Other Authors: Bjoern Holger Neu
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Optical instruments; DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49924
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The flickering phenomenon of red blood cell (RBC) was discovered back in the 18th century. Flicker is defined as the spontaneous rhythmical and random alterations through a healthy RBC’s volume on a scale of 1-100 nanometers. This phenomenon is related to RBC’s deformability and its membrane mechani...