An optimised YOLOv4 deep learning model for efficient malarial cell detection in thin blood smear images

Parasites & Vectors

Table 6 Residual block removal from the C3, C4 and C5 layers of the CSPDarknet53 backbone

Modifications	Models	Res-block bodies	Residual blocks (n)
Modifications	Models	Res-block bodies	Before	After
Residual blocks pruning	YOLOv4-RC3	C3	8	3
	YOLOv4-RC4	C4	8	3
	YOLOv4-RC5	C5	4	2
	YOLOv4-RC3_4	C3 and C4	8, 8	3, 3
	YOLOv4-RC3_5	C3 and C5	8, 4	3, 2

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