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Title:
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MOBILE APPLICATION TO ASSIST IN THE PERFORMING COLPOSCOPIES |
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Author(s):
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Frida Jiménez Guerrero, Wulfrano Arturo Luna-Ramírez and Karina Gutiérrez Fragoso |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-46-7 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa, Adriana Backx Noronha Viana, Theodora Issa and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2022 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Cervical Cancer, Mobile Devices, Health Service Provider, Android Operating System |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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170 |
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Last Page:
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174 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Cervical cancer is one of the main types of cancer that attack women. Although there are some tests for its early detection, is not frequent that women have their medical studies done because of the process causes them some embarrassment and discomfort. On the other hand, mobile devices have become very popular nowadays, because of them costs have decreased while their computing capacities have been remarkable increased. This makes mobile technology attractive for application development. This project develops a mobile application that converts the cell phone into a capture device able to assists health service providers in the colposcopy test and to obtain the (timely) diagnosis of cervical cancer. As a result, a mobile application developed for devices with the Android operating system is proposed. In this app the health service providers behave as the main users considering their knowledge on the subject. Additionally, to the social relevance of the application, it conveys some characteristics such portability, orientation to the assistance to the service provider, easy access, and low-cost application. |
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