Rare diseases pose a significant challenge for health care professionals. These conditions — often complex and elusive — lead patients through a lengthy journey before a diagnosis is finally reached. The process is riddled with uncertainties, as symptoms usually mimic more common ailments.
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Based on research completed as part of a multi-year collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs, biomedical engineers at Duke University are developing a solution. Using a custom-built optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system together with artificial intelligence (AI) models grounded in…
Rare conditions in the ICU include both formally classified rare diseases and conditions that occur infrequently in critical care settings. These patients often face delayed diagnosis, limited specialist expertise and complex multisystem involvement, all of which contribute to poorer outcomes…