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In collaboration with Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP), Synapxe developed an AI-powered smartphone app to enable parents to screen their babies for neonatal jaundice, in the comfort and safety of their homes. Known as BiliSG, the tool captures images with a smartphone camera of the infant's forehead, chest, and abdomen to analyse the skin’s yellowness to accurately predict levels of bilirubin, a yellow pigment resulting from the natural breakdown of red blood cells that causes the yellow tint seen in jaundice.
Andy Ta, Chief Data Officer & Director of Data Analytics & AI, Synapxe said, "We believe that technology, particularly AI, can transform the healthcare industry. Our collaboration with our healthcare partners, such as SGH and SHP, is driven by our shared vision to innovate and enhance healthcare delivery, ultimately improving patient outcomes. While it is currently in the testing phase, the development of the BiliSG© app illustrates how we can leverage AI technologies to assist parents in monitoring their infant's jaundice from the comforts of their homes.”
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- SGH develops new mobile app to allow parents to check for jaundice in newborns at home (ZB Online, 10 Jan)
- SGH develops mobile app to allow parents to safely detect bilirubin levels for Jaundice in newborns (8world Online, 10 Jan)
- New app gets more accurate screening results for jaundice in infants (CNA Online, 10 Jan)
- 'Game changer': New app for parents to check jaundice in Asian newborns being tested (CNA Online, 13 Jan)