facematch project
Although increasing numbers of individuals are now being diagnosed at a young age by whole exome sequencing, this form of genetic testing is a recent development. The availability and costs involved mean that this is still not an option accessible to everyone. This is why we at the NCBRS Worldwide Foundation are so supportive of the FaceMatch project, which uses facial recognition technology to help people with rare conditions to get an earlier diagnosis.
We encourage all our NCBRS families to register with the FaceMatch project to help give others the chance to receive the early diagnosis they deserve. |
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FaceMatch aims to help people with a possible genetic condition find a diagnosis by matching their facial features with people who already have a diagnosis. All people are beautifully unique in their appearance, and some people with genetic conditions share similar facial features. These features can sometimes provide a clue to a diagnosis.
The FaceMatch project is using computer face-matching technology to help find a diagnosis for children with intellectual disability (ID) where genetic testing has not provided an answer. As we know, the time prior to diagnosis is one of the toughest periods in the journey of our children and we hope that the inclusion of families such as yours with a known diagnosis may help those families who are still searching for a diagnosis.
People with the same genetic condition can often share similar facial features. By matching facial images and written descriptions of undiagnosed children and adults from around the world, the project aims to provide a genetic diagnosis for children at an earlier age, help more families find a diagnosis and discover new ID genes.
The FaceMatch project includes a NCBRS Early Diagnosis Study to determine whether facial images can assist with early diagnosis of NCBRS by the age of 12 months. FaceMatch are inviting NCBRS patients to help them with this project by contributing photographs of your family member(s) with NCBRS to the secure FaceMatch image database. Each image helps improve the ability of the FaceMatch programme to recognise certain facial features and syndromes.
The process is simple?
Registering in FaceMatch takes around 5-10 minutes.
Please click the button below to learn more and register today.
The FaceMatch project is using computer face-matching technology to help find a diagnosis for children with intellectual disability (ID) where genetic testing has not provided an answer. As we know, the time prior to diagnosis is one of the toughest periods in the journey of our children and we hope that the inclusion of families such as yours with a known diagnosis may help those families who are still searching for a diagnosis.
People with the same genetic condition can often share similar facial features. By matching facial images and written descriptions of undiagnosed children and adults from around the world, the project aims to provide a genetic diagnosis for children at an earlier age, help more families find a diagnosis and discover new ID genes.
The FaceMatch project includes a NCBRS Early Diagnosis Study to determine whether facial images can assist with early diagnosis of NCBRS by the age of 12 months. FaceMatch are inviting NCBRS patients to help them with this project by contributing photographs of your family member(s) with NCBRS to the secure FaceMatch image database. Each image helps improve the ability of the FaceMatch programme to recognise certain facial features and syndromes.
The process is simple?
- Take some photos (front of face, side of face, feet and hands)
- Upload the photos along the requested details.
- Add the email address of your Doctor (if you have it); so they can do the rest of the work! (If you don’t have your Doctor’s email, please don’t worry - FaceMatch can help you out. Just leave the space blank and we can contact you to work through this next step).
- Don’t forget to click on submit to complete.
Registering in FaceMatch takes around 5-10 minutes.
Please click the button below to learn more and register today.