Take a picture with skinvision to detect skin diseases

In the UK, the cost of treating melanoma is £ 1 million a year, but it can save a lot of money if it can be treated early Now, there is a new weapon to fight the disease, and an app called SkinVision can detect 73% of melanoma using just images While the app doesn't replace dermatologists, it does make people aware of the risk of melanoma According to Cancer Research UK, 2000 people died of the disease in 2012 alone The app is based on a mathematical calculation method called fractal geometry, which can be used to simulate the natural growth of body tissue Skinvision's team used this technology to develop an algorithm that uses photos of moles you send to your phone to analyze tissue growth, and then uses the algorithm to detect symptoms of moles at risk Product co-founder Mircea PopA said that because the skin is composed of a large number of cells and constantly updated according to certain rules, people can use a mathematical model to measure Harmful cells change, and they take different forms in the process of proliferation and replication The main difference is color and shape, which are the two characteristics of app for detection In 2012, skinvision received an investment from personal health solutions, a German investment firm In June, researchers at the University of Munich praised the app as a promising tool for predicting the growth of moles According to statistics, app can detect 73 out of 100 melanoma cases Now there are two versions of the app running on Android and iPhone Below is the welcome interface, which introduces some main features Press that big button to take photos The photos can be used to analyze the growth of moles Taking a few of the same photos allows the app to analyze and predict, and the app can use GPS to locate and provide information about doctors in your neighborhood Another function of app is to tell you the UV intensity of your area and how to protect yourself, such as wearing sunglasses Since its release in 2012, about 100000 people have downloaded the app and provided 175000 photos to the product database, which will be used for further development in the future.