A recent report in the scientific journal Investigación y Desarrollo describes a new software that works in a completely different way for smartphones and makes them diagnostics tools.
That said for mobile devices to report the, developed by the Retina Medical Center Department of Medicine and Surgery specialists in collaboration with the Monterey Institute of Technology and Higher Education science branch, is designed to detect the first signs of diseaseof the eyes.
This is achieved with camera of the phone to look for abnormalities in the patient's retina anatomy. The abnormalities are then diagnosed by a trained doctor.
For example, changes in retinal thickness are an indicator of diabetic macular edema, a diabetes-related eye condition characterized by retinal swelling as a result of blood vessel leakage, experts explain.
The sooner this eye disease and the like are diagnosed, the easier it is for medical experts to treat their symptoms and prevent patients from blindness.
That's it for mobile devices to report the is intended for use by physicians and has been tested in a number of laboratory experiments, the software will soon be officially released. Once that happens, it will be integrated into Mexico's basic health care system.
Source: sciencedaily.com, thegreeksenergy.com
