Mobile Application for Ulcer Detection
can help save the lives of diabetic patients
and ease their pain by preventing the disease
befovre the need for a cure.
The application was made as a standalone
system that requires computation time
to perform image processing within the
smartphone’s processor. The smartphone
processor can handle the required
computation with a computation time of 5 to 6
seconds. The performance period is acceptable
in this stage considering that complete privacy
of the user is achieved. However, this delay
must be reduced to improve performance.
Security features can be added at any point.
Since the application runs entirely on the
android device, security can be enabled by
encrypting the phone. This makes sure that
CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
In conclusion, a smartphone application for
ulcer detection has been implemented with
the use of FLIR ONE IRT camera. Its compact,
portable, and lightweight nature gives it
an added advantage for home applications
to help determine DFU at its early stages.
The smartphone application using thermal
techniques can be applied to several real-life
problems. Moreover, with the introduction of
built-in thermal camera in smartphones such
as CAT S60, this eliminates the need for a
separate IRT device.
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