Doctors now have a scope attached to an iPhone that captures photos of skin that could reveal cancer, called the handyscope.
Handyscope gives a magnified, polarized view of the skin, allowing doctors to capture and save pictures of moles for skin-cancer examination.
The handyscope is attached to the iPhone and placed on the patients' skin. High-resolution mole images are captured and managed in the password-protected app and can be shown to the patient.
Suspicious moles are photographed and can be labeled with patient data, localization and comments. Afterwards, doctors communicate and share pictures with colleagues. Thus, even non-specialized doctors in rural areas can conduct an initial skin-cancer check.
As opposed to examinations with conventional handheld dermatoscopes, doctors using handyscope can keep a distance during the skin check and evaluate moles on-screen.
With up to twentyfold magnification, the polarized photos show important details at a glance for better diagnostic accuracy.
The handyscope app uses the iPhone's connectivity features for emailing mole photos to histologists or exchanging them with specialists for a second opinion. It costs 590.00 € plus VAT.