dermatology
Finding robust data sources, correcting for variations in images and avoiding bias are all hurdles to overcome.
The collaboration hopes to develop battery-free wearables that could help inform personalized skin disease treatments.
The app uses machine learning to identify skin conditions and make treatment suggestions.
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.
Clarify Medical will be debuting its handheld, smartphone-connected phototherapy device later this week at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, according to a statement.