Artificial intelligence-enabled non-invasive ubiquitous anemia screening: The HEMO-AI pilot study on pediatric population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Determine whether data collected from a smartphone camera can be used to detect anemia in a pediatric population.

Methods

HEMO-AI (Hemoglobin Easy Measurement by Optical Artificial Intelligence), a clinical study carried out from December 2020 to February 2023, recruited patients from the Pediatric Emergency Department, Pediatric Inpatient Department and Pediatric Hematology Unit of the Haemek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. A population-based sample of 823 patients aged 6 months to 18 years who had undergone a venous blood draw for a complete blood count since being admitted to the hospital were enrolled. Patients with total leukonychia, nailbed darkening or discoloration due to medication, nail clubbing, clinically indicated jaundice, subungual hematoma, nailbed l

SUBMITTER: Gordon D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618887 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature