Skin Scan to fight cancer with mobile app and big data
Skin Scan is currently an iPhone app created by a Romanian company that let users determine whether the suspicious looking mole might be cancerous.
As GigaOm summarises, the app works by:
- users take a picture of a mole;
- the photo is sent to Skin Scan’s servers;
- Skin Scan’s algorithm analyzes the image;
- and results are sent back to the user.
The app won’t diagnose any condition, but will visually point out abnormalities and will rate moles from low-risk to high-risk. It also refers users to nearby doctors.
But there is more. The data are logged into a massive database so that in the future, trend and patterns of skin cancer can be observed by geography and region.
(Source: gigaom.com)
