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ArticleJournal of pathology informatics2017

Evaluation of Android Smartphones for Telepathology.

Donald Ekong, Fang Liu, G Thomas Brown, Arunima Ghosh, Paul Fontelo

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Article in Journal of pathology informatics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors.

Donald EkongDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207, USA.
Fang LiuLister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
G Thomas BrownLister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Arunima GhoshLister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Paul FonteloLister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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National Biomedical Information ServicesZIHLM200888 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI PALTOO, DINA · 2009 to 2025
$5200.7M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn the year 2014, Android smartphones accounted for one-third of mobile connections globally but are predicted to increase to two-thirds by 2020. In developing countries, where teleconsultations can benefit health-care providers most, the ratio is even higher. This study compared the use of two Android phones, an 8 megapixel (MP) and a 16 MP phone, for capturing microscopic images.

methodThe Android phones were used to capture images and videos of a gastrointestinal biopsy teaching set of referred cases from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP). The acquired images and videos were reviewed online by two pathologists for image quality, adequacy for diagnosis, usefulness of video overviews, and confidence in diagnosis, on a 5-point Likert scale.

resultsThe results show higher means in a 5-point Likert scale for the 8 MP versus the 16 MP phone that were statistically significant in adequacy of images (4.0 vs. 3.75) for rendering diagnosis and for agreement with the reference diagnosis (2.33 vs. 2.07). Although the quality of images was found higher in the 16 MP phone (3.8 vs. 3.65), these were not statistically significant. Adding video images of the entire specimen was found to be useful for evaluating the slides (combined mean, 4.0).

conclusionFor telepathology and other image dependent practices in developing countries, Android phones could be a useful tool for capturing images.

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Androiddeveloping countriesLikert scaletelepathology

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PMCPMC5404633

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