Title :
Automatic system for determination of blood types using image processing techniques
Author_Institution :
Ind. Electron. Dept., Univ. of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Abstract :
Determine blood type is essential before administering a blood transfusion, including in emergency situation. Currently, these tests are performed manually by technicians, which can lead to human errors. Various systems have been developed to automate these tests, but none is able to perform the analysis in time for emergency situations. This work aims to develop an automatic system to perform these tests in a short period of time, adapting to emergency situations. To do so, it uses the slide test and image processing techniques using the IMAQ Vision from National Instruments. The image captured after the slide test is processed and detects the occurrence of agglutination. Next the classification algorithm determines the blood type in analysis. Finally, all the information is stored in a database. Thus, the system allows determining the blood type in an emergency, eliminating transfusions based on the principle of universal donor and reducing transfusion reactions risks.
Keywords :
blood; computerised instrumentation; image classification; medical image processing; IMAQ Vision; National Instruments; agglutination occurrence; automatic system; blood transfusion; blood type determination; classification algorithm; emergency situation; human errors; image processing techniques; information database; slide test; transfusion reactions risk; universal donor; Instruments; Lead; IMAQ Vision; LabView; blood types; emergency situations; image processing techniques; slide test;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in
Conference_Location :
Braga
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4859-1
DOI :
10.1109/ENBENG.2013.6518441