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New Device to Detect Skin Cancer From A Picture?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the snapshot-physicals dept.

JonathanGCohen writes "News.com is reporting on a new machine that can tell you all about your skin's unique features (excessive oil, UV damage, etc.) using an image scan and software to analyze it. Its inventors plan on developing a version that can even detect skin cancer." From the article: "Apart from numbers, the technology, called Clarity Pro, can depict the depth and severity of wrinkles in a 3D chart, show the extent of bacteria-filled pores in a graph, or represent UV damage in purple dots scattered about your face in a white-light image. It can also calculate how long a person can be exposed to the sun, in minutes or hours a day, before incurring more UV damage."

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  1. Dogs by truthsearch · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's absolutely amazing. Very cool. They should also research the dogs that can sniff out cancer. I'm sure that would be a much cheaper (and more fun) solution for patients.

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    1. Re:Dogs by tutori · · Score: 2, Funny

      Except the dogs would only find the cancer if it was in your butt...

    2. Re:Dogs by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

      They should also research the dogs that can sniff out cancer. I'm sure that would be a much cheaper (and more fun) solution for patients.

      Doctor: I have bad news. You have advanced melinoma and have only a year to live. The good news is that Patches made the diagnosis! Didn't you, my good boy? Awww, now give the doomed patient some kisses.

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    3. Re:Dogs by wuffalicious · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Hello, Doctor."
      "Hello, this is our cancer sniffing hound, Woofy."
      "... why is he humping my leg?"
      "Well, sir, I'm afraid you have prostate cancer."

  2. Pah! That's Nothing by eno2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Utilizing spooky action at a distance, it would be possible to analyze every particle that comprises a living organism. Comparing the being's current structure (in a particular biological system) with multiple "healthy" models of the various systems, or "baseline" snapshots of the patient's previous states as stored in the global molecular structure databases, diagnoses become trivial. Oh damn! It's only 2006 and I keep forgetting to keep my mouth shut. Never mind.

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  3. It'll be really interesting when they... by cmdrwhitewolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Compare the test results of George Hamilton against Dick Clark!

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  4. News! by SIGFPE · · Score: 4, Funny

    Company uses dubious technology to demonstrate another company's product is effective. Both companies praise each other. Companies make press releases picked up by magazine. Excitement all round!

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  5. Pr0n Stars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool - now I can detect which porn stars have cancer :P

    1. Re:Pr0n Stars by kadathseeker · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think cancer is the least of their worries.

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  6. Re:Typo by ScuttleMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

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  7. Has anyone tried.... by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... running this on a corpus of porn? mod +5, Scary as hell

  8. MJ by Belseth · · Score: 4, Funny

    A picture of Michael Jackson revealed something truly shocking. He is in fact black. Apparently the rumors were true.