Utilizing Smartphone-Based Machine Learning in Medical Monitor Data Collection: Seven Segment Digit Recognition

TL;DR

This paper introduces a smartphone app that accurately recognizes medical monitor digits, enabling quick data sharing with healthcare providers to improve patient monitoring and care.

Contribution

The paper presents a robust digit recognition engine integrated into a mobile app, achieving 98.2% accuracy for medical monitor data collection.

Findings

Digit recognition accuracy of 98.2%

Facilitates rapid data sharing with doctors

Enhances remote health monitoring

Abstract

Biometric measurements captured from medical devices, such as blood pressure gauges, glucose monitors, and weighing scales, are essential to tracking a patient's health. Trends in these measurements can accurately track diabetes, cardiovascular issues, and assist medication management for patients. Currently, patients record their results and data of measurement in a physical notebook. It may be weeks before a doctor sees a patient's records and can assess the health of the patient. With a predicted 6.8 billion smartphones in the world by 2022, health monitoring platforms, such as Apple's HealthKit, can be leveraged to provide the right care at the right time. This research presents a mobile application that enables users to capture medical monitor data and send it to their doctor swiftly. A key contribution of this paper is a robust engine that can recognize digits from medical monitors with an accuracy of 98.2%.