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Automated method for detecting and reading seven-segment digits from images of blood glucose metres and blood pressure monitors

E. FinneganDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-7322

M. VillarroelDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-6053

C. VelardoDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-3743

L. TarassenkoDepartment of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0118-1646

Pages 341-355 | Received 09 Apr 2019, Accepted 24 Jun 2019, Published online: 04 Nov 2019

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