Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAutomated vs. Manual Counting of Bacterial Colonies Using Hough Circle Transform: A Comparative Study for E. coli, S.aureus, and P.aeruginosaAreesha Rehman, Zikria Saleem, Jarrar Amjad et al.Bacterial colony enumeration is an essential stage in microbiological research, allowing susceptibility to antibiotics assessment, monitoring of the environment, and clinical diagnostics. This research compares automated bacterial colony counting using the Hough Circle Transform to traditional manual counting methods. Objectives include evaluating counting accuracy and efficiency. This study adopted the image processing approach to colonies of E. coli, S. aureus, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 21, Issue 10 · 7 Dec 2025 · 2,387 accessesView PDFCite