E – HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Scientists are aimed at developing a mobile phone app that can examine blood sample images and diagnose cancer.

WORKING:

 It would work by taking a magnified image of a blood slide via a microscopic lens attached to the smart phone, which the app would then be able to screen for evidence of leukemia -- a blood cancer.

ONCE CREATED:

Smart phone app could be used for

Step 1: Initial diagnosis of people living in remote rural areas in developing countries

Step 2: Enabling rural doctors to analyze blood samples

Step 3: Refer patients to the city hospitals for treatment or further investigation.

Creating a phone app that can perform this screening role would be a low cost and efficient solution to detect leukemia in remote and resource-poor regions. In 2012, approximately 352,000 children and adults around the world developed some form of leukemia with a similar number dying from the cancer.

Once his project is complete, Worawut (Developer) hopes it will help to prevent unnecessary deaths from the disease caused by

-->    Delayed diagnosis

-->    Treatment due to poverty

-->    People living in remote areas far away from large hospitals and laboratories.

AIMS AT:

Use of high performance technology.

Doctors working in remote areas could use the technology to screen patients in their community and refer those with an abnormal result to the larger medical facilities.