Millions of selfies get uploaded to social media every week and it's a practice that has been embraced by people of all ages.
Most often when people take selfies they are just going to post them to their social media accounts, but researchers at the University of Washington think that selfies might be helpful in a different way.
They suggest that selfies might help to save lives by enabling early detection of illnesses like pancreatic cancer and liver disorders.
For pancreatic cancer, researchers say that one of the early indicators that someone has the illness is that you will see yellowing of their eyes or skin, jaundice, and it's often unnoticeable to the naked eye until it's progressed much further.
But researchers in Washington are working on a project that might help people to achieve early detection by using a 3D printed box and a smartphone.
The smartphone app that they've been working on, called BiliScreen, is going to enable the user to detect for jaundice in the eyes and it only requires a smartphone (with a camera and flash), the app, and the 3D printed box (printed attachment).
The app uses computer vision algorithms to assess the health of the eye. Thus far, researchers working on the app say that they've been successful roughly 89 percent of the time when they've sought to accurately assess the elevated bilirubin levels; associated with eye health.
They say that for right now the research has shown promise and they are hoping to improve on current market standards when it comes to screening and treatment for these types of illness.
In the future, the technology that they are working on might be used to help detect a wide range of diseases.
So far, they've conducted a trial with only 70 participants but the technology did show promise and had a performance of bout 90 percent accuracy. The researchers are currently working on conducting a larger study with more participants and the app surrounding their technology is expected to be detailed and presented at the 2017 Ubicomp conference in September.
This isn't the first time that researchers have sought to use smartphones to try and enable consumers to test for something in the comfort of their home either.
There are many apps available on the market today that are trying to assist with medical diagnosis. Smartphone apps today on the market are being used to assist with diagnosing blood pressure, glucose levels, kidney function, heart rhythm, ultrasounds, and more. Market analysts say that the smartphone technology is helping us to turn our phones into mobile clinics and thus boosting convenience for consumers.
For those who are able to successfully use this sort of technology for early detection, it could mean the difference in saving their life.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3619679/What-vain-bunch-really-24-billion-selfies-uploaded-Google-year.html
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20170829/Smartphone-app-could-be-used-to-screen-for-pancreatic-cancer.aspx
http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2017/index.html
https://3dprint.com/185957/pancreatic-cancer-detection-app/
http://kuow.org/post/take-selfie-help-screen-yourself-cancer
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/Apps-help-in-medical-diagnosis/article17059603.ece
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What a great idea. There is no question that healthcare screening is one of the great applications of computer technologies. It also saves on the health budget - a win-win all 'round! Thanks for posting on a most interesting development.
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I think the use of phones, tablets, and other devices for medicine really is fascinating. Its really neat that doctors can use things like selfies to diagnose patients. Last year my mom was in the emergency room because we thought she had a stroke. One doctor came in with a tablet with a doctor at another hospital on a video conference call. The tablet doctor game my mom's doctor instructions on where to examine her and he talked to my mom. He was able to diagnose her by looking at her on his tablet screen even though he was a few hours away. She had Bells Palsy which her young doctor hadn't seen before. I was surprised by of the whole process.
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Now I will selfie to promote it. hahaha
Thank you for sharing this info. Cheers.
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Interesting information! It's good to learn that using selfies can save our life! Great post! Thanks so much for sharing! ;)
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thank you for sharing
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This is so cool. Technology man. Thanks for sharing!
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good post,
what we need now is a phone camera app to detect psychopaths, like George Soros, Hillary Clinton & their ilk.
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That's awesome. I hope it will be free.
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interesting read, the face says all about ones health
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Good content! Whale done:)
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Very interesting. Shared with my followers :-)
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This is an awesome idea, there must be lots of other health issues that can be detected in a similar way using similar technology.
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Well, that is interesting, would never thought that stupid selfies that were the biggest human's regresses in the history of world can actually be useful. Amazing, thanks a lot for sharing this!
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That is a pretty cool way to early detect any disease. Wish they had been able to detect it for my Father before he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Such an easy detection method now for the treatment. Thanks 🐓🐓
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Technology never ceases to amaze me.
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very nice lecture. i'm from argentina, its hard to me for read but understand really fast
the idea of only one selfie can take the information to prevenent Pancreatic And Liver Disorders its a next gen medicine coming soon, when the tech was really good implementation
(excuse me for my bad english!)
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great read. I am working in a similar article - How selfies can help you diagnose Eye and Neurological problems... Great content.. !!
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Yes I can tell so much about a photo of someone. Not just their health but their mental attitude, emotional energetics and more.
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thank you for this tips
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