A new app from the University of Washington called BiliScreen measures the yellow value in the sclera, the white, visible part of the eye, to detect pancreatic cancer, among other things. Because not only is a yellowish discoloration of the "sclera" in the eye an indicator of jaundice, but also of pancreatic cancer, i.e. pancreatic carcinoma. This type of cancer is usually not recognized until quite late and often leads to death. With the new one App called BiliScreen a selfie should be sufficient for early diagnosis.
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Pancreatic cancer: diagnosis by selfie
With BiliScreen, researchers at the University of Washington have developed a smartphone app that is supposed to measure the yellow value in the sclera of the eye very precisely. This allows jaundice and pancreatic cancer to be detected at an early stage. The user / patient does not even have to feel symptoms of the disease. The app is named after the pigment bilirubin, which in jaundice and pancreatic cancer accumulates in the dermis of the eye and causes yellow discoloration.
Although this yellow discoloration in the eye can also be an indicator of other diseases, it is good if a patient is tested for cancer of the pancreas after an early diagnosis or if there is an early suspicion. In many cases, pancreatic cancer is diagnosed late and the disease is therefore often fatal. The BiliScreen app developed by the university researchers is still dependent on the use of glasses with color imprints for calibrating the color spectrum or a box that you can make yourself with a 3D printer. These tools should be omitted in later versions.
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Video about BiliScreen and the jaundice test
In a video she explains Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, a division of University of Washington, the BiliScreen App and how it works. An article by Engadget as well as the official one, of course Paul G. Allen School website.
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