A team of Australian meical students has developed an app called Eyenaemia that’s capable detect anaemia. Normally, diagnosed during a doctor’s visit, the condition can be spotted by looking the hue of blood-rich areas such as the skin beneath the fingernails or the inner eyelid.
User simply can takes a selfie in which he/she poses with a colour card and pulls back the lower eyelid to expose what should be a rosy red membrane if he/she is in good health. The app process this not-too-flattering selfie, assessing the conjuctiva’s haemoglobin levels according to the colour card, and subsequently informs the user of how to proceed.
The Eyenaemia app is not yet available for downloading but will soon be available for Microsoft devices after receiving Microsoft’s 2014 Imagine World Cup award.
An information portal is available on the Eyenaemia’s website. Apps facilitating the diagnosis of skin conditions are nothing new and there are several enabling concerned individuals to send photos of their beauty marks to doctor for analysis. One such app is STD Triage where individuals can send pictures of alarming or embarassing skin conditions for medical assessment in anonymity.
The app is available for downloading to both iOS and Android devices.
– AFP Relaxnews
Eyenaemia app
Eyenaemia is a simple, non-invasive and easily accessible screening tool for anaemia made for use by everyday people. Eyenaemia analyses the conjunctiva and calculates the risk of anaemia by analysing a photo of the eye putting years of medical training into the hands of untrained users.
If you can take a selfie- you can use Eyenaemia
Eyenaemia has won many award such as :-
2014 ImagineCup World Champions
2014 ImagineCup World Citizenship 1st Place
2014 ImagineCup Skype Award Social Impact
2014 Quantified Self Category Winner