A small study evaluated the accuracy of smartphone and web-based dermatology apps offering AI diagnostics using an independent test set of clinical images.
Sun MD, Kentley J, Mehta P, Dusza S, Halpern AC, Rotemberg V. Accuracy of commercially available smartphone applications for the detection of melanoma. Br J Dermatol. 2022;186(4):744-746. doi:10.1111/bjd.20903
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