Publications by authors named "J P Reboud"
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- Smartphone colorimetry is being utilized in clinical settings, but issues like environmental biases and manufacturer variability limit its effectiveness.
- This study systematically identifies imaging interferences in conventional smartphone cameras and introduces a new method for accurate sample quantification, enabling real-time imaging.
- The research demonstrates the clinical use of smartphones for diagnosing conditions like cyanosis and monitoring oxygen levels, accounting for individual differences in skin tone to improve accuracy in healthcare diagnostics.
Oximetry is used to quantify the presence of oxygen in soft tissues. It can be expressed as, for example, tissue oxygen saturation (StO), arterial oxygen saturation (SaO) and pulsatile oxygen saturation (SpO), among others. Non-invasive medical devices are used to estimate (SaO).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFoot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cloven-hoofed animals responsible for economic losses that amount to >$20 billion annually. Rapid recognition of FMD cases provides vital information to guide control programmes. A range of point-of-need amplification technologies have been developed which allow sensitive detection of the causative virus (FMDV) in the field at locations remote from laboratories.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Diagnosis is a key step towards the provision of medical intervention and saving lives. However, in low- and middle-income countries, diagnostic services are mainly centralized in large cities and are costly. Point of care (POC) diagnostic technologies have been developed to fill the diagnostic gap for remote areas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In countries where malaria is endemic, the use of rapid diagnostic tests(RDTs) has become routine, especially in rural settings. Such regions are characterised by often having other co-endemic infectious diseases, at high levels of prevalence.
Aim: To illustrate the potential added-value of "sentinel" screening for patients presenting for a routine diagnostic test for malaria, at healthcare facilities in Uganda.