Smartphone App May Help Assess Anemia Using Eyelid Pictures

A smartphone app that measures hemoglobin levels using pictures of a person’s inner eyelid may help assess anemia in people with blood disorders such as sickle cell disease, a new study reports.

Smartphone App May Offer Needle-Free Way to Screen Blood for Anemia

Engineers and computer scientists from the University of Washington (UW) have developed what they are calling a HemaApp, designed to detect hemoglobin concentration using simply a smartphone camera and a little extra lighting — rather than needles or an expensive, specialized machine. Measuring hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells,…