Aedes aegypti egg counting system

Author

Silva, M. G N M da ; Rodrigues, M.A.B. ; De Araujo, R.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Syst., Fed. Univ. of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

6810

Lastpage

6812

Abstract

New monitoring methods of dengue vector and evaluation of public policies on dengue control are major concerns for several tropical countries. Drawback on monitoring methods base on oviposition surveys are the counting process of mosquito eggs, information store and analysis. Here we present a new automated egg counting system for remote Aedes aegypti population survey. The system is base on an optical scanning platform, a man-machine interface, and a software for mosquitoes eggs counting. Acquired information are sent over the internet and remotely analyzed. Prototypes of the device were installed and implement in two different cities.

Keywords

biological techniques; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; diseases; man-machine systems; medical computing; microorganisms; Aedes aegypti egg counting system; Aedes aegypti population survey; internet; man-machine interface; optical scanning platform; Computers; Manuals; Monitoring; Optical imaging; Pattern recognition; Software; Vectors; Aedes; Animals; Automation; Brazil; Environmental Monitoring; Equipment Design; Female; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Models, Statistical; Mosquito Control; Oviposition; Ovum; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Software; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091679

Filename

6091679