Background: Validation of trachoma elimination requires monitoring after discontinuation of trachoma program activities, though such evaluations are not commonly done.
Methods: Conjunctival examinations and smartphone photography were performed on a random sample of pre-school children from 15 villages in a region of Burkina Faso thought to have eliminated trachoma.
Results: No clinically active trachoma was detected by in-field or photographic evaluation. Smartphone images demonstrated high agreement with field grading (>99% concordance).
Conclusions: Trachoma appears to have been eliminated from this area of Burkina Faso. Smartphone cameras may be a useful aid for monitoring in resource-limited settings.
Objectives: To evaluate the validity and reliability of smartphone-generated three-dimensional (3D) facial images for routine evaluation of the oronasal region of patients with cleft by comparing their accuracy to that of direct anthropometry (DA) and 3dMD.
Materials And Methods: Eighteen soft-tissue facial landmarks were manually labelled on each of the 17 (9 males and 8 females; mean age 23.3 ± 5.
- The study investigates the challenges faced by Mexican immigrant farmworkers regarding access to health services and the prevalence of diet-related health issues, highlighting the need for culturally sensitive health interventions.
- Researchers developed a mobile app for a 14-day dietary assessment using food photography, aiming to gather data on the participants' eating habits while accommodating low literacy levels.
- Results from 16 participants showed a total of 1475 food photos taken, with a slight decrease in daily photo counts from the first week to the second, indicating trends in adherence to the protocol.
Objectives: Recently, dental esthetics have increasingly emphasized appearance, with tooth shade selection complicated by the enamel and dentin's translucency and opacity. Smartphone cameras are useful for shade matching. Currently, no study has directly compared the accuracy of this method.
Introduction: Short-term teledermoscopic monitoring helps to distinguish early melanomas from nevi. As the incidence of melanoma is increasing, there are several benefits of patients' taking their own dermoscopic images, but only a few previous studies have investigated the feasibility of this approach.
Objectives: To examine patients' ability to take evaluable dermoscopic images of atypical melanocytic lesions in need of short-term monitoring.
Objectives: Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a major public health problem affecting children worldwide. Teledentistry offers innovative approaches for ECC detection, particularly in areas with limited access to care. This study compared the accuracy of intraoral cameras and smartphones in relation to visual clinical examination in detecting ECC.
