2009 Imagine Cup Winner, UC Davis, Mobilife--Microsoft Health Tech Today Promo

Microsoft Health Tech Today program for week starting January 25, 2011. In 2009, a team of students from UC Davis was one of two winners in the U.S. Imagine Cup competition for software design sponsored by Microsoft. Mobilife, using a smartphone, takes pictures of the eye and analysis the image. Diagnostic information on the microcirculation of the body is collected, providing doctors with accurate information that can help identify sickle cell disease, hypertension, diabetes, Alzheimers and other conditions. This technology is simple to use, a trained field worker would be able to gather accurate data making point-of-care treatment in remote locations feasible. Wilson To, leader of the group, recently came back from a visit to the White House where the Imagine Cup winners were celebrated. Dr. Bill Crounse interviews Wilson on Health Tech Today.

The technology: Smartphone with Windows Mobile platform (6.5) is used to collect video and images of the surface of the eye. A video stabilization algorithm is used to collect data which is then stored on the smartphone. The image is analyzed, blood flow is measured for velocity. A server then collects the data which compiles the info into one neat file on the patient for doctor's review.

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Science & Technology

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• eHealth
• mobile health
• mobility
• health IT
• ICT
• health screening
• condition management
• rural medicine
• Microsoft
• Imagine Cup