Google Health received new tools that will help users identify different dermatology issues through Artificial Intelligence (AI). It uses smartphone's camera to capture the scan the skin problem. Google's AI technology will help users identify issues related to a user's skin, hair, and nails. The new features for Google Health were announced at the Google I/O 2021 keynote on May 18.
Google states that every year “almost ten billion Google Searches are related to skin, nail and hair issues. Two billion people worldwide suffer from dermatologic issues, but there's a global shortage of specialists.”
Google will ask questions about the users skin type, the duration of the issue, and other symptoms that will help the tool narrow down the possibilities. The AI tool has been developed using de-identified data from 65,000 images and case data of diagnosed skin conditions.
Credits: BharaniDharan
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