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From: Computer vision for microscopy diagnosis of malaria

Figure 2

Stained object classes: in a Giemsa-stained blood film an observed stained object can be a parasite from one of the four species of Plasmodium or a regular blood component such as white blood cell, platelet. Artefact class represents bacteria, spores, crystallized stain chemicals, particles due to dirt, RBC anomalies (e.g. Howell-Jolly bodies, iron deficiency, reticulocytes), and other peripheral blood parasites.

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