• DocumentCode
    29789
  • Title

    A Doctor in the Palm of Your Hand: How the Qualcomm Tricorder X-Prize could help to revolutionize medical diagnosis

  • Author

    Chandler, David L.

  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    March-April 2014
  • Firstpage
    50
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    Suppose you were out on a small boat, 100 mi from shore, with a few friends. Suddenly, one of them begins coughing hard and complaining of aches and pains and chills. It could just be the start of a bad cold, but he also seems to be running a fever, which might signal the onset of the flu. But it could also be something more serious, like bacterial pneumonia, that might require hospital care. How would you know?
  • Keywords
    cellular biophysics; diseases; microorganisms; patient diagnosis; aches; bacteria pneumonia; chills; flu; hospital care; medical diagnosis; pains; qualcomm tricorder X-prize; Biomedical monitoring; Clinical diagnosis; Companies; Diseases; Medical diagnostic imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pulse, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2154-2287
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPUL.2013.2296803
  • Filename
    6763301