Government is determined to continue to dialogue with the Opposition
in order to resolve the current conflicts in the administration of the
Kampala Capital City Authority.
The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business, Rt. Hon. Amama Mbabazi said that threatening the use of force and violence was not the required or expected language of dialogue expected of leaders.
“I want to assure Parliament and the country that we are determined to continue with the course of dialogue, it’s the right way,” he said, adding that “We do not take seriously threats of force or violence, because we know where we are all coming from.”
The Prime Minister was responding to a Statement made by the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi, about their negotiations with Prime Minister/Leader of Government Business on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) affairs. The Leader of Government Business had suggested that government and the Opposition dialogue over the political impasse at KCCA, as the Opposition accused government of disrespecting a court order stopping the impeachment of the Mayor.
Mbabazi said that the two groups had had several meetings in which they showed respect and were courteous to each other.
“I was happy that some level of trust had been created; we have been open to each other. We conducted dialogue with absolute humility and respect for each other,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that the two sides agreed that their negotiations had to focus on whether there was an Order by the court before a resolution had been concluded to impeach the Mayor, and when a court order takes effect.
In his Statement, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi said, “We proceeded with negotiations in the sincere hope that the government side was as committed as ourselves to the dialogue as a means of resolving conflict and allowing normalcy to reign again as opposed to impunity and asserting the rule of might.”
Mafabi said that they, as the Opposition, were disappointed with government for its failure to sustain and engage in a meaningful negotiation about the impasse.
He added that the Opposition has over the years been very open to dialogue and has consistently called for a National Dialogue, which “remains the ideal need for this country.”
“We must have an all-inclusive dialogue involving all interests including all political parties, the civil society, the media, the religious fraternity, gender, the business community and indeed the academia,” he said.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, advised the two sides to hold their next meeting and present a report to Parliament.
The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business, Rt. Hon. Amama Mbabazi said that threatening the use of force and violence was not the required or expected language of dialogue expected of leaders.
“I want to assure Parliament and the country that we are determined to continue with the course of dialogue, it’s the right way,” he said, adding that “We do not take seriously threats of force or violence, because we know where we are all coming from.”
The Prime Minister was responding to a Statement made by the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi, about their negotiations with Prime Minister/Leader of Government Business on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) affairs. The Leader of Government Business had suggested that government and the Opposition dialogue over the political impasse at KCCA, as the Opposition accused government of disrespecting a court order stopping the impeachment of the Mayor.
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi
“I was happy that some level of trust had been created; we have been open to each other. We conducted dialogue with absolute humility and respect for each other,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that the two sides agreed that their negotiations had to focus on whether there was an Order by the court before a resolution had been concluded to impeach the Mayor, and when a court order takes effect.
In his Statement, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi said, “We proceeded with negotiations in the sincere hope that the government side was as committed as ourselves to the dialogue as a means of resolving conflict and allowing normalcy to reign again as opposed to impunity and asserting the rule of might.”
Mafabi said that they, as the Opposition, were disappointed with government for its failure to sustain and engage in a meaningful negotiation about the impasse.
He added that the Opposition has over the years been very open to dialogue and has consistently called for a National Dialogue, which “remains the ideal need for this country.”
“We must have an all-inclusive dialogue involving all interests including all political parties, the civil society, the media, the religious fraternity, gender, the business community and indeed the academia,” he said.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, advised the two sides to hold their next meeting and present a report to Parliament.
Government is determined to continue to dialogue with the Opposition
in order to resolve the current conflicts in the administration of the
Kampala Capital City Authority.
The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business, Rt. Hon. Amama Mbabazi said that threatening the use of force and violence was not the required or expected language of dialogue expected of leaders.
“I want to assure Parliament and the country that we are determined to continue with the course of dialogue, it’s the right way,” he said, adding that “We do not take seriously threats of force or violence, because we know where we are all coming from.”
The Prime Minister was responding to a Statement made by the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi, about their negotiations with Prime Minister/Leader of Government Business on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) affairs. The Leader of Government Business had suggested that government and the Opposition dialogue over the political impasse at KCCA, as the Opposition accused government of disrespecting a court order stopping the impeachment of the Mayor.
Mbabazi said that the two groups had had several meetings in which they showed respect and were courteous to each other.
“I was happy that some level of trust had been created; we have been open to each other. We conducted dialogue with absolute humility and respect for each other,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that the two sides agreed that their negotiations had to focus on whether there was an Order by the court before a resolution had been concluded to impeach the Mayor, and when a court order takes effect.
In his Statement, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi said, “We proceeded with negotiations in the sincere hope that the government side was as committed as ourselves to the dialogue as a means of resolving conflict and allowing normalcy to reign again as opposed to impunity and asserting the rule of might.”
Mafabi said that they, as the Opposition, were disappointed with government for its failure to sustain and engage in a meaningful negotiation about the impasse.
He added that the Opposition has over the years been very open to dialogue and has consistently called for a National Dialogue, which “remains the ideal need for this country.”
“We must have an all-inclusive dialogue involving all interests including all political parties, the civil society, the media, the religious fraternity, gender, the business community and indeed the academia,” he said.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, advised the two sides to hold their next meeting and present a report to Parliament.
A mobile phone application which can assist clinicians perform fast and accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments has been developed by IIT Kharagpur students.
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business, Rt. Hon. Amama Mbabazi said that threatening the use of force and violence was not the required or expected language of dialogue expected of leaders.
“I want to assure Parliament and the country that we are determined to continue with the course of dialogue, it’s the right way,” he said, adding that “We do not take seriously threats of force or violence, because we know where we are all coming from.”
The Prime Minister was responding to a Statement made by the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi, about their negotiations with Prime Minister/Leader of Government Business on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) affairs. The Leader of Government Business had suggested that government and the Opposition dialogue over the political impasse at KCCA, as the Opposition accused government of disrespecting a court order stopping the impeachment of the Mayor.
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi
“I was happy that some level of trust had been created; we have been open to each other. We conducted dialogue with absolute humility and respect for each other,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that the two sides agreed that their negotiations had to focus on whether there was an Order by the court before a resolution had been concluded to impeach the Mayor, and when a court order takes effect.
In his Statement, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Nandala Mafabi said, “We proceeded with negotiations in the sincere hope that the government side was as committed as ourselves to the dialogue as a means of resolving conflict and allowing normalcy to reign again as opposed to impunity and asserting the rule of might.”
Mafabi said that they, as the Opposition, were disappointed with government for its failure to sustain and engage in a meaningful negotiation about the impasse.
He added that the Opposition has over the years been very open to dialogue and has consistently called for a National Dialogue, which “remains the ideal need for this country.”
“We must have an all-inclusive dialogue involving all interests including all political parties, the civil society, the media, the religious fraternity, gender, the business community and indeed the academia,” he said.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, advised the two sides to hold their next meeting and present a report to Parliament.
A mobile phone application which can assist clinicians perform fast and accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments has been developed by IIT Kharagpur students.
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
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mobile phone application which can assist clinicians perform fast and
accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments has been developed by
IIT Kharagpur students.
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
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mobile phone application which can assist clinicians perform fast and
accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments has been developed by
IIT Kharagpur students.
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
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mobile phone application which can assist clinicians perform fast and
accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments has been developed by
IIT Kharagpur students.
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
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mobile phone application which can assist clinicians perform fast and
accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments has been developed by
IIT Kharagpur students.
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
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mobile phone application which can assist clinicians perform fast and
accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and ailments has been developed by
IIT Kharagpur students.
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
- See more at: http://bigeye.ug/students-develop-mobile-app-that-detects-skin-cancer-diseases/#sthash.3J6UuRG0.dpuf
The application ‘ClipOCam-Derma’, which can be used on any smartphone, has been developed in the School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur, led by research scholar Debdoot Sheet.
“Being a portable and affordable solution, it can be used by trained health care workers to reach out to elderly and patients in mobility restricted areas for health care delivery,” Sheet told PTI.
The mobile app, which will be launched in the market after regulatory approvals, can help physicians speed up diagnosis and handle more patients within a shorter time.
The innovation has won the ‘GE Edison Challenge 2013′ recently in Bangalore and has been awarded an incubation prize of Rs. 10 lakhs.
Along with the mobile app, a clip-on device is attached to the handset which illuminates the patient’s skin using a colourful flash while the phone camera takes a sequence of images The images are then uploaded from the phone to the ‘DRICTION’ computational imaging service on the cloud.
They are then processed to provide consolidated diagnostic information to skilled paramedics, assisting them with assessing potential nature and risk of lesions, and suggesting an expert physician’s intervention in critical cases.
The researchers say the app can be used by semi-skilled paramedics working in rural and primary healthcare centres.
It will assist in fast and high-precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities like cancers, psoriasis, scaling, keratinisation, melanoma, inflammation, ulcers, lipoma, healing and non-healing wounds, and heavy-metal induced dysplasia, all of which may or may not be evidently visible on the surface.
“This in effect will facilitate high-throughput screening of patients at resource constrained or remotely located healthcare centers lacking even minimal access to expert physicians, but witnessing an exponential rise in deaths related to complex skin abnormalities,” Sheet said.
The app will not only help in diagnosis but also monitoring the control of the skin disease.
“We will sell it to hospital chains and healthcare service providers in India,” he said.
It can also be used in countries like Africa where health infrastructure is very poor.
On the accuracy of the product, the researcher said tests have found it to be 99 percent accurate.
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