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Harnessing Mechanistic Simulators for Rapid Diagnostic Test Capture and Deep Learning Classification

Rogers, E.; Turbe, V.; Gareta, D.; Herbst, C.; Herbst, K.; Shahmanesh, M.; McKendry, R. A.

2025-02-25 public and global health
10.1101/2025.02.25.25322677 medRxiv
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Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) support affordable disease diagnosis. Machine learning (ML) can improve RDT interpretation but often relies on large, proprietary, and costly real-world image libraries. We present SynSight - a ML-enabled RDT segmentation and classification pipeline trained on synthetic data. Validated on HIV (98% sensitivity, 99% specificity) and COVID-19 RDTs (up to 99% accuracy), SynSight enables rapid ML training without real-world images, keeping pace with new RDT development.

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