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Smartphone app for non-invasive detection of anemia using only patient-sourced photos

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  • Robert G. Mannino

    (The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • David R. Myers

    (The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Erika A. Tyburski

    (The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Christina Caruso

    (Emory University School of Medicine)

  • Jeanne Boudreaux

    (Emory University School of Medicine)

  • Traci Leong

    (Emory University)

  • G. D. Clifford

    (The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
    Emory University)

  • Wilbur A. Lam

    (The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Georgia Institute of Technology)

Abstract

We introduce a paradigm of completely non-invasive, on-demand diagnostics that may replace common blood-based laboratory tests using only a smartphone app and photos. We initially targeted anemia, a blood condition characterized by low blood hemoglobin levels that afflicts >2 billion people. Our app estimates hemoglobin levels by analyzing color and metadata of fingernail bed smartphone photos and detects anemia (hemoglobin levels

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  • Robert G. Mannino & David R. Myers & Erika A. Tyburski & Christina Caruso & Jeanne Boudreaux & Traci Leong & G. D. Clifford & Wilbur A. Lam, 2018. "Smartphone app for non-invasive detection of anemia using only patient-sourced photos," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-07262-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07262-2
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