Reply to: Concerns about using a digital mask to safeguard patient privacy

Yahan Yang^#¹, Junfeng Lyu^#², Ruixin Wang^#¹, Feng Xu^{3

4}, Qionghai Dai^{5

6}, Haotian Lin^{7

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Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
² School of Software and BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
³ School of Software and BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. feng-xu@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁴ Beijing Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Intelligence, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Beijing, China. feng-xu@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁵ Beijing Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Intelligence, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Beijing, China. qhdai@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁶ Department of Automation and BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. qhdai@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁷ State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, China. linht5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
⁸ Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou, China. linht5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
⁹ Center for Precision Medicine and Department of Genetics and Biomedical Informatics, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. linht5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

Comment

Yahan Yang et al. Nat Med. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;29(7):1660-1661.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02435-z. Epub 2023 Jul 18.

Yahan Yang^#¹, Junfeng Lyu^#², Ruixin Wang^#¹, Feng Xu^{3

4}, Qionghai Dai^{5

6}, Haotian Lin^{7

8

9}

¹ State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, China.
² School of Software and BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
³ School of Software and BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. feng-xu@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁴ Beijing Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Intelligence, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Beijing, China. feng-xu@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁵ Beijing Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Intelligence, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, Beijing, China. qhdai@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁶ Department of Automation and BNRist, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. qhdai@tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁷ State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, China. linht5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
⁸ Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Haikou, China. linht5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
⁹ Center for Precision Medicine and Department of Genetics and Biomedical Informatics, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. linht5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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