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Clémence Alla Takam1 , Aurelle Tchagna Kouanou2,3\*, Odette Samba1,4, Thomas Mih Attia2 and Daniel Tchiotsop5

1 Unité de Recherche de Matière Condensée d'Electronique et de Traitement du Signal (URMACETS), Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon

2 Department of Computer Engineering, College of Technology, University of Buea, Cameroon

3 Department of Training, Research, Development and Innovation, InchTech's Solutions, Yaounde, Cameroon

4 Service de Radiothérapie, Hôpital Général de Yaoundé-Cameroun, Cameroon

5 Unité de Recherche d'Automatique et d'Informatique Appliquée (URAIA), IUT-FV de Bandjoun, Université de Dschang-Cameroun, Bandjoun, Cameroon

\*Address all correspondence to: tkaurelle@gmail.com

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