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22 October 2019 Small form factor, flexible, dual-modality handheld probe for smartphone-based, point-of-care oral and oropharyngeal cancer screening
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Abstract

Oral cancer is a growing health issue in low- and middle-income countries due to betel quid, tobacco, and alcohol use and in younger populations of middle- and high-income communities due to the prevalence of human papillomavirus. The described point-of-care, smartphone-based intraoral probe enables autofluorescence imaging and polarized white light imaging in a compact geometry through the use of a USB-connected camera module. The small size and flexible imaging head improves on previous intraoral probe designs and allows imaging the cheek pockets, tonsils, and base of tongue, the areas of greatest risk for both causes of oral cancer. Cloud-based remote specialist and convolutional neural network clinical diagnosis allow for both remote community and home use. The device is characterized and preliminary field-testing data are shared.

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Ross D. Uthoff, Bofan Song, Sumsum Sunny, Sanjana Patrick, Amritha Suresh, Trupti Kolur, Keerthi Gurushanth, Kimberly Wooten, Vishal Gupta, Mary E. Platek, Anurag K. Singh, Petra Wilder-Smith, Moni Abraham Kuriakose, Praveen Birur, and Rongguang Liang "Small form factor, flexible, dual-modality handheld probe for smartphone-based, point-of-care oral and oropharyngeal cancer screening," Journal of Biomedical Optics 24(10), 106003 (22 October 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.24.10.106003
Received: 17 July 2019; Accepted: 24 September 2019; Published: 22 October 2019
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KEYWORDS
Cameras

Light emitting diodes

Cancer

Silicon

Imaging systems

Head

Modulation transfer functions

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