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Smartphone cameras can now detect diabetes with 80% accuracy

Posted by asteroid
Tags: medicine, diabetes, health, photoplethysmography, deep learning, algorithms, diagnostics, researchers, technology.bio, phones.smart, author.scott maier, source.ucsf
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/08/418256/smartphones-may-help-detect-diabetes

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Title
Smartphones May Help Detect Diabetes
Published
Aug 17 2020
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941 words

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  1. asteroid
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    A team from UC San Francisco has demonstrated the potential in using a smartphone camera to diagnose type 2 diabetes. The technique needs no additional hardware other than a smartphone camera, and...

    A team from UC San Francisco has demonstrated the potential in using a smartphone camera to diagnose type 2 diabetes. The technique needs no additional hardware other than a smartphone camera, and is over 80% accurate in detecting diabetes.

    2 votes
  2. dblohm7
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    I'm sorry for the low-quality comment, but I just can't help myself: Now that Wilford Brimley has passed, we needed to do something!

    I'm sorry for the low-quality comment, but I just can't help myself:
    Now that Wilford Brimley has passed, we needed to do something!

    4 votes