Anemia Diagnosis Using your Smart Phone Camera
If anyone were asked to tell about the ten uses of your smartphone, none would include "medical device" in your answer. But as smartphones become increasingly capable, highly-portable computing platforms, researchers are looking to the computers in everyone's hand to improve well-beings.
Scientists have already developed smartphone based-apps that can monitor asthma, detect skin cancer and diagnose traumatic brain injuries. The latest app that is going to add in this list is "Anemia Diagnosis helping screen"
Anemia screening. No needle required.
Anemia is a blood disorder that results from a lack of red blood cells or dysfunctional red blood cells in the body. Patients with anemia, including those with leukemia and pregnant women, require regular screening.
This can lead to frequent trips to a medical facilities for blood draws.Imagine if you could simply take a picture of your finger with your smartphone and save yourself a trip to the doctor’s office. You would also be able to avoid an extra blood draw.“Every time we draw blood, we are invading the patient in some way, shape or form. If we don’t already have a line in, we are sticking a needle into their arm, which involves discomfort and infection risk, albeit low,” stated Dr. Terry Gernsheimer, University of Washington School of Medicine. “It would be really nice to not have to perform a procedure every time we want to answer that question.”
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