Authors :
Ekereke, Layefa; Prince O. Asagba
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 6 - June
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Abstract :
Jaundice is a disease that is occurs as a result of
excess bilirubin substance found in the blood stream and it
can affects at any life stage of human being. This is caused
mainly by the breakdown of Red blood cells (RBC) in the
blood. But for the purpose of this research, we will be
considering neonatal jaundice that is jaundice that is
associated with newly born children. Bilirubin is a
necessity in the body but excess production of it at the
early stage of a child can be toxic because the liver is not
strong enough to excrete the excess of it produced. This
increase in the bilirubin content in the body is directly
proportional the colour of the skin as the skin gradually
becomes yellowish starting from the face and upper body
then gradually spreads to the rest parts of the body. Over
150 samples of Images of new born diagnosed to have
jaundice of different levels were acquired from hospitals
across the world, a colour clustering/separation model was
developed with PHP programming language tool, then the
images collected was used to train the
clustering/separation model. After the training, fourteen
colour codes were discovered to be common in all the
images. This brought us to a conclusion after a thorough
discussion with some expertise in the medical field that
when an image is tested for the presence of jaundice, the
number of the colour codes found in the image can depict
the level of jaundice present in a baby.
Keywords :
Jaundice; Image; Bilirubin and Colour Seperation
Jaundice is a disease that is occurs as a result of
excess bilirubin substance found in the blood stream and it
can affects at any life stage of human being. This is caused
mainly by the breakdown of Red blood cells (RBC) in the
blood. But for the purpose of this research, we will be
considering neonatal jaundice that is jaundice that is
associated with newly born children. Bilirubin is a
necessity in the body but excess production of it at the
early stage of a child can be toxic because the liver is not
strong enough to excrete the excess of it produced. This
increase in the bilirubin content in the body is directly
proportional the colour of the skin as the skin gradually
becomes yellowish starting from the face and upper body
then gradually spreads to the rest parts of the body. Over
150 samples of Images of new born diagnosed to have
jaundice of different levels were acquired from hospitals
across the world, a colour clustering/separation model was
developed with PHP programming language tool, then the
images collected was used to train the
clustering/separation model. After the training, fourteen
colour codes were discovered to be common in all the
images. This brought us to a conclusion after a thorough
discussion with some expertise in the medical field that
when an image is tested for the presence of jaundice, the
number of the colour codes found in the image can depict
the level of jaundice present in a baby.
Keywords :
Jaundice; Image; Bilirubin and Colour Seperation
