An app called DermoScreen and a $500 dermoscope attached to iPhone’s camera, along with a magnifying lens and a light are currently being tested by the University of Houston to detect skin cancer. The app takes a photo of any suspicious mole or lesion in a patient, and after a few seconds will confirm if the skin condition is likely cancerous or not. The app is currently being evaluated for further testing at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, with the hopes of making this a more practical and less painful medical tool for doctors and patients.
Considering other cases where cases and apps are built around the iPhone in order to solve medical needs, and with the devastating effects of cancer in our society, this is clearly something great in the works.
Source: University of Houston
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