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Friday 26 September 2014

BILICAM, smartphone app for screening for jaundice

Bilicam will be very useful for parents and physicians especially in developing countries.



To use the app, called BiliCam, the parent or health care provider places the calibration card - which is about the size of a business card - on the naked torso of the baby and takes a flash-assisted photo of the baby and card using the smartphone
The app sends key data from the photo - which with the help of the calibration card accounts for differences in lighting conditions and skin tones - to the cloud using a data connection provided through the smartphone.
Algorithms in the cloud analyze the data and within minutes the smartphone receives a report on the likely levels of bilirubin in the baby.

I HOPE IT WILL WORK IN BLACKS

1 comment:

  1. Wonderful piece of information. If it can be created to serve whites then another can be created to serve blacks. Totally handy

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