“Tuberculosis kills five thousand people every day. The social and economic impacts are devastating, including poverty, stigma and discrimination."
DR TEDROS GHEBREYESUS
WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
BacilAI improves the current process of TB monitoring in low-resource areas, using a smartphone-based machine learning app that interfaces with a standard microscope
TOP 20 COUNTRIES FOR TB INCIDENCE
Angola
Bangladesh
Brazil
China
DPRK
DR Congo
Ethiopia
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Russian Federation
South Africa
Thailand
UR Tanzania
Vietnam
Laboratory setup
How did we do it
The project was conducted as part of my industrial placement at Cambridge Consultants Ltd. The team comprised of 5 fellow interns. I was leading the Hardware and Optics workstreams and had input into the Machine Learning
It worked.
All in all we achieved satisfactory results with increased speed of screening, but even more importantly - more consistent screening accuracy. By incorporating tech and human in the loop and interplay of their vice and virtues a better, faster and more consistent workflow was created. To read more about the project, click the button below leading to Cambridge Consultants website. Alternatively, check out the NVIDIA article listed below!
Team effort
is what it takes to achieve great things. Straight from the heart to my team members - thank you. I hope for the future to allow me to work on such multidisciplinary and challenging projects sagain.
