Australian smartphone-based medical imaging company Advanced Human Imaging disclosed last week that it received a CE Mark for the dermatology artificial intelligence component in its DermaScan SaaS platform.
WHY IT MATTERS
According to the company, the DermaScan AI can accurately classify skin conditions from a photo captured by a smartphone camera. Using a large database, it can classify 588...
The early days of dermatology apps were fraught with controversy, but the more recent attempts at digital skin examinations have seen some success thanks to advances in machine learning (ML) technologies.
But while the benefits of clinically-validated automated screenings are easy to imagine, a recent article published in JAMA Dermatology suggests that the training methods for these algorithms...
Alexander Börve’s company FirstDerm offers online consultations with board-certified dermatologists and a free product that uses AI to give users ideas about what their skin condition might be. But Börve’s background isn’t in dermatology. In fact he’s an orthopedic surgeon by training. He had the idea to build his app because he realized how pervasive the need is for dermatological consultation...
