Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta pediatrician Dr. Wilbur Lam says he knows the earache drill…
Researchers developing app to diagnose ear infections
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta pediatrician Dr. Wilbur Lam says he knows the earache drill. "This waking up in the night, dragging them to the emergency ...
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/19790927/researchers-developing-app-to-diagnose-ear-infections
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Remotoscope, an iPhone Otoscope Inching Closer towards Commercialization (video)
Medgadget - September 20, 2012
In 2008, we first heard about the mobile microscope from CellScope (San Francisco), which came out of research at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the most impressive elements of the technology is that it could be used for a number of medical applications in everything from dermatology to oncology, potentially offering a diagnostic tool to physicians in remote areas across the planet… Georgia Tech recently issued a press release describing its involvement in the development of theRemotoscope—a clip-on attachment and app combination that transforms the iPhone into an otoscope. The device uses the iPhone’s camera and flash to provide light for otoscopic images. Remotoscope has had a long journey with many players to get to where it is today. Dr. [Wilbur] Lam and a colleague, Erik Douglas, started the project while doctoral students at UC, Berkeley. The two researchers went on to create the startup CellScope Inc., which aims to commercialize Remotoscope once clinical studies are complete and the device has FDA approval. In 2011, when Dr. Lam joined the faculty at Georgia Tech and Emory, he brought the project with him to Atlanta. Today resources from both institutions, as well as Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Atlanta Clinical & Translational Science Institute, are being used to take the medical device to the next level.
http://medgadget.com/2012/09/iphone-otoscope-inching-closer-towards-commercialization.html
Your Smartphone May Help Diagnose Your Kid's Infection
Tech News Daily - September 20, 2012
Many people know of kids — perhaps their own kids — who keep getting ear infections. Some children get them as often as every few weeks, says pediatrician and researcher Wilbur Lam, and the worst infections may necessitate a late-night trip to the emergency room with a screaming toddler in tow. But a new device and app Lam is working on could help parents get their kids diagnosed at home, using their smartphones. "That's a pretty big deal when you think about the number of ear infections that occur every year and if you think about the quality of life improvements that we can make," said Lam, who sees patients and conducts research at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. "A lot of kids have chronic ear infections and that's really the families we hope we can target."
http://www.technewsdaily.com/6220-your-smartphone-may-help-diagnose-your-kid-s-infection.html
Can Your iPhone Detect Ear Infections?
Science Times - September 21, 2012
The new iPhone 5 may have a lot of features, but can it test for an ear infection? Thanks to a new iPhone attachment, it can. The device, developed by researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University, attaches the iPhone and can save parents who suspect that their child might have an ear infection a trip to the doctor's office. Doctors typically diagnose an ear infection by looking into the affected ear with an otoscope, used to examine the ear drum. The new device, called the Remotoscope, would allow parents to take pictures or video of the child's ear and send it remotely to a doctor for analysis. "Ultimately we think parents could receive a diagnosis at home and forgo the late-night trips to the emergency room," Dr. Wilbur Lam, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, who is developing the device, said in a statement. "It's known that kids who get ear infections early in life are at risk for recurrent ear infections. It can be a very big deal and really affect their families' quality of life."
http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/3816/20120921/iphone-detect-ear-infections.htm
Your Smartphone May Help Diagnose Your Kid's Infection
TechNewsDaily - September 20, 2012
Many people know of kids — perhaps their own kids — who keep getting ear infections. Some children get them as often as every few weeks, says pediatrician and researcher Wilbur Lam, and the worst infections may necessitate a late-night trip to the emergency room with a screaming toddler in tow. But a new device and app Lam is working on could help parents get their kids diagnosed at home, using their smartphones."That's a pretty big deal when you think about the number of ear infections that occur every year and if you think about the quality of life improvements that we can make," said Lam, who sees patients and conducts research at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. "A lot of kids have chronic ear infections and that's really the families we hope we can target."
http://www.technewsdaily.com/6220-your-smartphone-may-help-diagnose-your-kid-s-infection.html