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Medicine 2021-04-15 1 min read

Medically savvy smartphone imaging systems

Development of smartphone-based imaging systems for medicine and healthcare can be optimized by newly published guidelines for holistic assessment
Medically savvy smartphone imaging systems
Smartphones get smarter every day. These "Swiss Army knives" of mobile computing become even more useful with specialized attachments and applications to improve healthcare. Based on inherent capabilities like built-in cameras, touchscreens, and 3D sensing, as well wearable peripheral devices, custom interfaces for smartphones can yield portable, user-friendly biomedical imaging systems to guide and facilitate diagnosis and treatment in point-of-care settings.

What are the most effective ways to leverage and augment smartphone capabilities? Helpful guidelines are provided in a critical review of emerging smartphone-based imaging systems END