App identifies premature newborns

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Researchers at Nottingham University in the UK have produced a mobile phone app designed to identify which newborns are premature enough to need specialist care. Ultrasound scanners are not always available in the developing world, so the date of conception is not always accurately calculated. But this smartphone app can determine the gestational age of newborn babies using distinctive features on their feet, face and ears to identify those who may need urgent medical care. Michel Valstar is … READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/02/app-identifies-premature-newborns euronews knowledge brings you a fresh mix of the world's most interesting know-hows, directly from space and sci-tech experts. Subscribe for your dose of space and sci-tech: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronewsknowledge Made by euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe.

Published 2015-06-02 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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