Automatic tracking of red blood cells in micro channels using OpenCV

Rodrigues, VâniaRodrigues, Pedro JoãoPereira, Ana I.Lima, Rui A.2014-09-092014-09-092013Rodrigues, Vânia; Rodrigues, Pedro J.; Pereira, Ana I.; Lima, R. (2013). Automatic tracking of red blood cells in microchannels using OpenCV. In 11th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM). Melvile: American Institute of Physics. p. 594-597. ISBN 978-0-7354-1185-2978-0-7354-1185-2http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10369The present study aims to develop an automatic method able to track red blood cells (RBCs) trajectories flowing through a microchannel using the Open Source Computer Vision (OpenCV). The developed method is based on optical flux calculation assisted by the maximization of the template-matching product. The experimental results show a good functional performance of this method.engRed blood cellsBlood flowTrackingOptical flowAutomatic tracking of red blood cells in micro channels using OpenCVconference object10.1063/1.4825561