February 23, 2005
Picture phones may make a doctor's house calls
'Next up for cell phones with built-in digital cameras: making house calls for doctors.
Researchers in Switzerland reported on Monday the devices could be used to help diagnose and suggest treatment for some serious wounds in patients in remote locations far removed from a physician.
The report from University Hospital of Geneva looked at leg ulcers in 52 patients that were examined both in person and remotely by doctors in a nearby room who had only pictures of the same wounds taken by a first-generation camera phone.
They found remarkably high agreement between doctors who looked at the wound in person and those who saw the image.'
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Posted by Darren at February 23, 2005 10:47 PM
