Comments on: Seeing health issues through Google Goggles

By: Macchie sulla pelle? Scatta la foto, postala sull’ I-Phone e ricevi la diagnosi di Google Goggles… « Life Marketing

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:00:16 +0000

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By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:36:25 +0000

Hi Andrew , this was a great video clip and definately a glimpse of the future. However think how much more fun beer goggles are.
On a serious note I’ve enjoyed signing up to Side wiki. I feel like a school teacher giving feedback on all the lame websites I come across. have you tried it?

By: andrewspong

andrewspong — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:06:05 +0000

Hi Tobias

Nice to hear from you, thanks for your comment. I thought this might set off your dermatology-radar .

Your point is well made, and it would be interesting to put a standard 1.3MB phone camera to the test. Baseline standards improve all the time for technology, of course, so even if the existing platforms aren’t quite capable of capturing the detail required (and that has yet to be proven), perhaps they will soon

As you say, this is something to keep monitoring and talking about.

Andrew

By: Tobias Trinkl

Tobias Trinkl — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:00:52 +0000

This is a very interesting thing to see. I am impressed by the speed and reliability of the shown service. But anyhow I am not sure it could be helpful for the newly suggested use.
Especially for identifying skin conditions, colour is an extremely important information. And the reliability of digital photography in this respect is still very limited. That is still the major downside of electronic picture databases for Dermatology and the big advantage of printed materials.
For more graphic things like ECGs and similar I see a much more reliable use.
We all should follow the developments closely. Very interesting!!
Tobias