{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["33(3)"],"submitter":["Lavabre T"],"funding":["HORIBA ABX SAS"],"pubmed_abstract":["<i>Dirofilaria immitis</i> causes life-threatening heart disease in dogs, thus screening of dog populations is important. Lens-free technology (LFT) is a low-cost imaging technique based on light diffraction that allows computerized recognition of small objects in holographic images. We evaluated an algorithm capable of recognizing microfilariae in canine whole blood using the LFT. We examined 3 groups of 10 EDTA blood specimens, from dogs with microfilaremia (group A), healthy dogs (B), and dogs with hematologic modifications other than microfilaremia (C). The LFT analyzer photographed repeated series of 5 images of all samples. The algorithm declared a sample positive if a microfilaria was detected on ≥1, ≥2, or ≥3 of the 5 images of a series. Microfilariae were detected visually in the "],"journal":["Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc"],"pagination":["572-576"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8120067"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Detection of circulating microfilariae in canine EDTA blood using lens-free technology: preliminary results."],"pmcid":["PMC8120067"],"pubmed_authors":["Polizopoulou ZS","Isebe D","Blandin P","Bourges-Abella N","Lavabre T","Cioni O","Rebuffel V","Trumel C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Detection of circulating microfilariae in canine EDTA blood using lens-free technology: preliminary results.","description":"<i>Dirofilaria immitis</i> causes life-threatening heart disease in dogs, thus screening of dog populations is important. Lens-free technology (LFT) is a low-cost imaging technique based on light diffraction that allows computerized recognition of small objects in holographic images. We evaluated an algorithm capable of recognizing microfilariae in canine whole blood using the LFT. We examined 3 groups of 10 EDTA blood specimens, from dogs with microfilaremia (group A), healthy dogs (B), and dogs with hematologic modifications other than microfilaremia (C). The LFT analyzer photographed repeated series of 5 images of all samples. The algorithm declared a sample positive if a microfilaria was detected on ≥1, ≥2, or ≥3 of the 5 images of a series. Microfilariae were detected visually in the ","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 May","modification":"2025-04-21T18:23:14.52Z","creation":"2025-04-05T17:11:04.207Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8120067","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33733938"],"doi":["10.1177/10406387211001092"]}}