Reimagining leprosy elimination with AI analysis of a combination of skin lesion images with demographic and clinical data

• Main Authors: Raquel R Barbieri (Author), Yixi Xu (Author), Lucy Setian (Author), Paulo Thiago Souza-Santos (Author), Anusua Trivedi (Author), Jim Cristofono (Author), Ricardo Bhering (Author), Kevin White (Author), Anna M Sales (Author), Geralyn Miller (Author), José Augusto C Nery (Author), Michael Sharman (Author), Richard Bumann (Author), Shun Zhang (Author), Mohamad Goldust (Author), Euzenir N Sarno (Author), Fareed Mirza (Author), Arielle Cavaliero (Author), Sander Timmer (Author), Elena Bonfiglioli (Author), Cairns Smith (Author), David Scollard (Author), Alexander A. Navarini (Author), Ann Aerts (Author), Juan Lavista Ferres (Author), Milton O Moraes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Leprosy is an infectious disease that mostly affects underserved populations. Although it has been largely eliminated, still about 200'000 new patients are diagnosed annually. In the absence of a diagnostic test, clinical diagnosis is often delayed, potentially leading to i...