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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Thalassemia: A Comprehensive Review.

Khaled Ferih, Basel Elsayed, Amgad M Elshoeibi, Ahmed A Elsabagh, Mohamed Elhadary, Ashraf Soliman, Mohammed Abdalgayoom, Mohamed Yassin

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnosis and classification of thalassemia disease using machine learning: Comparative analysis of traditional models and a novel hybrid approach.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Khaled FerihCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0562-8123
Basel ElsayedCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-5983-0135
Amgad M ElshoeibiCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-2266-7784
Ahmed A ElsabaghCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-4927-9888
Mohamed ElhadaryCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-3075-9600
Ashraf SolimanHematology Section, Pediatrics Department, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar.
Mohammed AbdalgayoomHematology Section, Medical Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar.
Mohamed YassinCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.
Qatar University · QANational Center for Cancer Care and Research · QAHamad Medical Corporation · QA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the beta or alpha subunits of the hemoglobin structure. Thalassemia is classified as a hypochromic microcytic anemia and a definitive diagnosis of thalassemia is made by genetic testing of the alpha and beta genes. Thalassemia carries similar features to the other diseases that lead to microcytic hypochromic anemia, particularly iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Therefore, distinguishing between thalassemia and other causes of microcytic anemia is important to help in the treatment of the patients. Different indices and algorithms are used based on the complete blood count (CBC) parameters to diagnose thalassemia. In this article, we review how effective artificial intelligence is in aiding in the diagnosis and classification of thalassemia.

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artificial intelligenceB-thalassemiadiagnosisiron deficiency anemiathalassemia

Identifiers

PMID37174943
PMCPMC10177591
OpenAlexW4367188790

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