Two Emirati students developed a “algorithm” to monitor the immunity of cancer patients during treatment

The two Emirati students, Rawda Mohammed Al -Mansoori and Zahraa Mohammed Al -Issa, from the Emirates Scientific Club, succeeded in developing a smart algorithm to follow up the strength of the immune system, and the number of white blood cells in cancer patients before and after chemotherapy sessions, in an intelligent and non -surgical manner, by employing artificial intelligence techniques and analyzing micro visual data.

This innovation comes in light of the accelerating revolution of artificial intelligence techniques and its growing role in improving health care, as recent statistics of the Cancer Magazine of Clinical Doctors indicate a recording of about 5250 new cases of cancer daily around the world, which makes monitoring indicators such as white blood cells a vital matter to follow up the strength of the immune system of patients, as traditional methods depend to withdraw and analyze blood samples. It reduces the repetition of the tests easily and enhances the comfort of patients.

The two students, Rawda and Zahraa, told «Emirates Today»: “We relied on the project on pioneering studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which proved the possibility of using a portable visual device to analyze blood flow in the capillaries without the need to withdraw blood.”

They added: «Through a smart algorithm that relies on artificial intelligence to analyze videos of blood flow in the microcredit, the project enables the measuring the rate of cell flow with high accuracy, and predicting the number of white blood cells with results that are closely close to actual values.

The two students emphasized that this innovation is one of the most prominent practical applications of artificial intelligence in the medical sector, as it provides fast and accurate checks, without pain, which enhances monitoring the condition of the cancer patient and improves the quality of health care.

They explained that the project reflects the growing role of artificial intelligence in health care, and it constitutes a first step towards more comprehensive and accurate solutions to monitor the vital indicators of cancer patients, expressing their ambition to continue developing the study in cooperation with medical and research authorities.

This achievement is added to the series of successes of the two students, where they won the silver medal at the International Inventions Exhibition in Kuwait last February, and the UAE was represented at the International Science and Engineering Exhibition in the United States of America last May, stressing that international experiences gave their project a broader dimension and more support for its future development.