SAM 3 counts malaria-infected cells from a phone photo: 28 vs expert's 29
MaziyarPanahi · x · 2026-11-01
Malaria is still diagnosed by someone manually counting parasite-infected red cells under a microscope. Using a phone photo of a smear from a Bangladeshi hospital, with just two prompts — "cell" and "purple dot" — SAM 3 counted 28 infected cells versus the expert's 29, a near-exact match. The author asks lab workers: would you use this?
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