Scanning the Optical Microscope: the Parasite Solution Watch
Abstract
Parasitic Infections affects more than one billion people in 149 developing countries, and its diagnosis is made through a slow process, capable of adversely affect the health of specialized professionals. Inspired by that, this work proposes a low-cost infrastructure to transform ordinary optical microscopes into digital ones. The solution makes it possible to visualize the microscope’s image on a regular screen, as well as to capture images and relevant information about them. Besides, these devices can use IoT platforms to deploy such images. This procedure makes the process easier and more comfortable, avoiding health problems related to the constant and regular use of a conventional microscope.
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Published
2019-06-11
How to Cite
DORESTE, Andrea C.S.; DO AMARAL, Igor D.B.; GONÇALVES, Taisa G.; TRAVASSOS, Guilherme H..
Scanning the Optical Microscope: the Parasite Solution Watch. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTING APPLIED TO HEALTH (SBCAS), 19. , 2019, Niterói.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2019
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p. 324-329.
ISSN 2763-8952.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcas.2019.6270.
