Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The race to build a real-life tricorder

2015; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 52; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/mspec.2015.7115565

1939-9340

Evan Ackerman,

Biomedical and Engineering Education

Capitalizing on the impressive sensors and processing power in today's smartphones, startups are turning them into mobile diagnostic and monitoring instruments for both consumers and health care workers. As capable as some of these innovations already are, it's unclear whether they will pass muster with government regulators, which is why many of their makers are not yet touting them as bona fide medical devices.