ParasitoBank: Dataset of helminths and protozoa in coprology samples

This dataset contains 779 images of the visual field from fresh fecal samples analyzed under the microscope. These images were acquired using a Motorola G84 cellphone at resolutions of 3,072 x 3,072 pixels and 3,072 x 4,080 pixels. Parasite content was labeled by outlining regions, resulting in a total of 1,620 intestinal parasites, with a particular focus on intestinal protozoa. Through image processing, non-informative and noisy regions that did not provide relevant information within the visual field were removed, yielding images with an approximately 1:1 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2,100 x 2,100 pixels. The labeling information was organized in a JSON file following the “Common Objects in Context” (COCO) format, which was combined with the folder containing the images into a compressed file.