Resumo (PT):
Abstract (EN):
The current study proposes an automatic method for the segmentation and tracking of red blood cells
flowing through a 100-m glass capillary. The original images were obtained by means of a confocal system
and then processed in MATLAB using the Image Processing Toolbox. The measurements obtained with the
proposed automatic method were compared with the results determined by a manual tracking method. The
comparison was performed by using both linear regressions and Bland–Altman analysis. The results have
shown a good agreement between the two methods. Therefore, the proposed automatic method is a powerful
way to provide rapid and accurate measurements for in vitro blood experiments in microchannels.
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
11