Melanoma screening with cellular phones.
BACKGROUND: Mobile teledermatology has recently been shown to be suitable for teledermatology despite limitations in image definition in preliminary studies. The unique aspect of mobile teledermatology is that this system represents a filtering or triage system, allowing a sensitive approach for the...
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| author | Cesare Massone Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof Verena Ahlgrimm-Siess Gerald Gabler Christoph Ebner H Peter Soyer |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Mobile teledermatology has recently been shown to be suitable for teledermatology despite limitations in image definition in preliminary studies. The unique aspect of mobile teledermatology is that this system represents a filtering or triage system, allowing a sensitive approach for the management of patients with emergent skin diseases. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study we investigated the feasibility of teleconsultation using a new generation of cellular phones in pigmented skin lesions. 18 patients were selected consecutively in the Pigmented Skin Lesions Clinic of the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz (Austria). Clinical and dermoscopic images were acquired using a Sony Ericsson with a built-in two-megapixel camera. Two teleconsultants reviewed the images on a specific web application (http://www.dermahandy.net/default.asp) where images had been uploaded in JPEG format. Compared to the face-to-face diagnoses, the two teleconsultants obtained a score of correct telediagnoses of 89% and of 91.5% reporting the clinical and dermoscopic images, respectively. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The present work is the first study performing mobile teledermoscopy using cellular phones. Mobile teledermatology has the potential to become an easy applicable tool for everyone and a new approach for enhanced self-monitoring for skin cancer screening in the spirit of the eHealth program of the European Commission Information for Society and Media. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ff4d7f8f47049be985a1bbcf748a32d2022-12-22T01:59:53ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032007-01-0125e48310.1371/journal.pone.0000483Melanoma screening with cellular phones.Cesare MassoneRainer Hofmann-WellenhofVerena Ahlgrimm-SiessGerald GablerChristoph EbnerH Peter SoyerBACKGROUND: Mobile teledermatology has recently been shown to be suitable for teledermatology despite limitations in image definition in preliminary studies. The unique aspect of mobile teledermatology is that this system represents a filtering or triage system, allowing a sensitive approach for the management of patients with emergent skin diseases. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study we investigated the feasibility of teleconsultation using a new generation of cellular phones in pigmented skin lesions. 18 patients were selected consecutively in the Pigmented Skin Lesions Clinic of the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz (Austria). Clinical and dermoscopic images were acquired using a Sony Ericsson with a built-in two-megapixel camera. Two teleconsultants reviewed the images on a specific web application (http://www.dermahandy.net/default.asp) where images had been uploaded in JPEG format. Compared to the face-to-face diagnoses, the two teleconsultants obtained a score of correct telediagnoses of 89% and of 91.5% reporting the clinical and dermoscopic images, respectively. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The present work is the first study performing mobile teledermoscopy using cellular phones. Mobile teledermatology has the potential to become an easy applicable tool for everyone and a new approach for enhanced self-monitoring for skin cancer screening in the spirit of the eHealth program of the European Commission Information for Society and Media.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1868781?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Cesare Massone Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof Verena Ahlgrimm-Siess Gerald Gabler Christoph Ebner H Peter Soyer Melanoma screening with cellular phones. PLoS ONE |
| title | Melanoma screening with cellular phones. |
| title_full | Melanoma screening with cellular phones. |
| title_fullStr | Melanoma screening with cellular phones. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Melanoma screening with cellular phones. |
| title_short | Melanoma screening with cellular phones. |
| title_sort | melanoma screening with cellular phones |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1868781?pdf=render |
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