The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing

Sputum is mucus that coughs up from the lower airways, which consists of cells such as squamous epithelial cells (SEC), pus cells, macrophages and other cells. SEC that found in sputum is an epithelium characterized by its most superficial layer consisting of flat cells, known as skin cells. Sputum...

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Main Author:	Nur Shahida, Nawi
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/1/cd6711_73.pdf

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spelling	ump-45662015-03-03T09:19:48Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/ The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing Nur Shahida, Nawi TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Sputum is mucus that coughs up from the lower airways, which consists of cells such as squamous epithelial cells (SEC), pus cells, macrophages and other cells. SEC that found in sputum is an epithelium characterized by its most superficial layer consisting of flat cells, known as skin cells. Sputum with good quality is important to detect diseases. The quality of sputum is determined using Bartlett‟s Criteria by considering the score of SEC, pus cell (neutrophils) and macroscopy. If the total score is 1 and above, the sputum will be cultured and the specimens will be proceed accordingly. Whereas if the total score is 0 and below, the process of sputum will stop. For squamous epithelial cells, the score is 0 if SEC is less than 10. Whereas if SEC is between 10 to 25, the score is -1 and the score is -2 if the number of SEC is greater than 25. Currently, the detection of SEC in sputum is manually done by technologists. However, the problems if the human do are time consuming and human constraint. So, another method is needed which is by automated vision system using image processing technique in. Image processing such as image segmentation is used to detect and count the number of SEC. Then, the result of SEC is displayed using graphical user interface (GUI). The advantage of GUI is to make computer operation more intuitive and thus easier to use. In conclusion, squamous epithelial cells can be detected using image processing and the score of SEC is determined. Lastly, the percentage of error for this project is calculated. 2012-06 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/1/cd6711_73.pdf Nur Shahida, Nawi (2012) The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing. Faculty of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:73790&theme=UMP2
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description	Sputum is mucus that coughs up from the lower airways, which consists of cells such as squamous epithelial cells (SEC), pus cells, macrophages and other cells. SEC that found in sputum is an epithelium characterized by its most superficial layer consisting of flat cells, known as skin cells. Sputum with good quality is important to detect diseases. The quality of sputum is determined using Bartlett‟s Criteria by considering the score of SEC, pus cell (neutrophils) and macroscopy. If the total score is 1 and above, the sputum will be cultured and the specimens will be proceed accordingly. Whereas if the total score is 0 and below, the process of sputum will stop. For squamous epithelial cells, the score is 0 if SEC is less than 10. Whereas if SEC is between 10 to 25, the score is -1 and the score is -2 if the number of SEC is greater than 25. Currently, the detection of SEC in sputum is manually done by technologists. However, the problems if the human do are time consuming and human constraint. So, another method is needed which is by automated vision system using image processing technique in. Image processing such as image segmentation is used to detect and count the number of SEC. Then, the result of SEC is displayed using graphical user interface (GUI). The advantage of GUI is to make computer operation more intuitive and thus easier to use. In conclusion, squamous epithelial cells can be detected using image processing and the score of SEC is determined. Lastly, the percentage of error for this project is calculated.
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author	Nur Shahida, Nawi
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title	The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing
title_short	The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing
title_full	The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing
title_fullStr	The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing
title_full_unstemmed	The detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing
title_sort	detection and summation of squamous epithelial cells for sputum quality testing
publishDate	2012
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4566/1/cd6711_73.pdf
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