Article Excerpt: Three U.S. universities have announced collaborative efforts to use Apple’s ResearchKit framework in studying autism, melanoma and epilepsy. Duke University and Duke Medicine are teaming up with Pekin University in China, and several other global partners, on an “Autism & Beyond” study in which researchers will examine the use of the iPhone camera for improved detection of development issues in young children.
“Autism & Beyond combines well-established screening questionnaires with a new video technology that makes it possible to analyze the emotions of children so that we may one day be able to automate the screening for conditions such as autism and anxiety,” Ricky Bloomfield, director of mobile technology strategy and assistant professor in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at Duke University, said in a statement.
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