[Insight-users] A micro-lens-equipped smartphone for diagnosing malaria

[Andriy Fedorov]

I wonder if they use ITK :)

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/wilson-tos-malaria-test-07282011.html

"  ... Later this summer, To and four partners will begin
field-testing the result of that experimentation, a diagnostic tool
dubbed Lifelens, in India and Ethiopia. Lifelens makes use of a
smartphone running Windows 7 Phone software. A $50 micro lens is
mounted over the phone’s camera and can capture high-resolution images
of the cells in a drop of blood. Software quickly analyzes the images,
confirming the presence or absence of malaria. ..."

--
Andriy Fedorov, Ph.D.

Research Fellow
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
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