臨床體外試驗抗生素藥敏性方式有非常多種，本實驗以臨床檢體進行抗生素藥敏性快速測試平台，藉由介電泳晶片用於抗生素藥敏性快速測試技術開發所得圖像，進行自動化判讀。在實驗中，提出了一個細菌圖像切割以及判別細菌抗藥性的方法，基於介電泳影像分析的快速檢測平台系統，可應用於臨床檢測細菌的藥物抗藥性試驗。首先，觀察晶片的特性將電極線的部分使用Sobel Detection方法將影像轉成二值化影像，並在水平與垂直方向進行投影值分析等工作。取出對應點與線段，進而求出影像中四塊主要細菌會附著的地帶，這將是偵測細菌用的有興趣區域(Region of interest, ROI)。接著，在ROI區域執行去除雜訊和局部二值化影像以及篩選細菌，以取得細菌所在區域，作為進一步分割的影像資料。再來在將偵測過後所有候選細菌的位置與特徵資訊，透過分析每隻候選細菌的骨架方式計算出細菌長，並使用DP(Dynamic Programming)去優化ACM(Active contour model)演算法取得最佳輪廓解，作為進一步分析的數據資料。由於對藥物敏感的細菌會有延長(elongation)或消失(lysis)的現象，所以本實驗將藉由細菌長度的資訊來判斷該細菌是否具有抗藥性，最後使用細菌的分割結果進行長度的計算去做判定，本實驗所開發的系統會將判讀結果分為兩類，分別為具抗藥性(Resistance)、不具抗藥性(Sensitive)。經由本系統快速有效之影像分析，可以建立抗生素藥劑對於細菌的關聯性，提供醫師臨床診斷與治療細菌感染之重要參考依據。此檢測平台可以提高藥敏性試驗的精確度和效率。且它不僅縮短了傳統檢測方法的處理時間，也節省了寶貴的臨床實驗的成本。

There are many methods for antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) in clinical applications. In this thesis, a fast examination platform is developed for this purpose. Dielectrophoresis image is acquired for automatic discrimination. A rapid evaluation platform based on DEP image analysis has been proposed for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in clinical applications. First, the characteristics of the wafer were observed. The Sobel detection method was used to convert the image of electrode line into a binary image. Then, the projection analysis was performed in both the horizontal and vertical directions. After finding the corresponding points and line segments, the four major zones where the bacteria usually attached were defined as the region of interest, ROI-. Next, the noise reduction and local binarization were performed on the ROI regions, the regions of the bacteria were then obtained for the subsequent bacteria segmentation. The bacterial length of each candidate bacterium was then calculated by using the skeletal pattern. The Dynamic Programming (DP) was then employed to optimize the ACM (Active contour model) and obtained the best profile solution as the refinement. Due to the elongation or lysis phenomenon of drug-sensitive bacteria, the bacteria which was sensitive to the applied antibiotic could be discriminated. Our system classified the interpretation into two categories- the resistance group and the sensitive group. The given bacteria image could be analyzed rapidly and effectively. The proposed system can successfully establish a connection between the antibiotics and bacteria; it also provides an important reference for the physician in clinical diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infection. The accuracy and efficiency for antimicrobial susceptibility testing is improved. It does not only shorten the long processing time required by the traditional testing but save the valuable labor cost in clinical applications.

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