Intelligent automation cognitive system for accurate malaria diagnosis using digital blood smears

Abstract

Malaria is a potentially fatal illness caused by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium that humans get by being bitten by female Anopheles mosquitoes carrying the infection. The incidence of malaria worldwide is disproportionately high in the African continent. Automated systems and cognitive analysis of digitized images of blood smears were used to diagnose Plasmodium malaria. This method is implemented in the Aidos intelligent system, which is easily accessible online. For the study, the database included images of 191 blood smears of patients infected with malaria and 227 images of blood samples from healthy patients. The images were digitized using the method developed by Professor Lutsenko E.V. The images were digitized for 12 light spectra. Then, spectral analysis of the blood smear images was carried out only for 18 new patients, and the duration was 10 seconds. The average similarity value of Plasmodium malaria recognition in patients was achieved at 66.965%. No false positive decisions were obtained for digitalized blood smears from healthy patients. The automated system-cognitive analysis of digitized blood smears provides instant diagnostic support. It allows medical workers with limited knowledge in microscopy and artificial intelligence to perform diagnostics.