Can tech help you know if you have skin cancer? Doctor's review of the latest tech and AI

Can tech help you know if you have skin cancer?

Moles, freckles and skin lumps affect all of us but how do you know if you have something to worry about, like skin cancer? How can you keep an eye on your skin and get a second opinion when you need one? And can tech help?

In this video, we’ll look at why it’s so hard to keep a close eye on our skin before exploring some of the cutting edge tech and artificial intelligence that you can access, right from your smart phone. All this will help us to answer the question: can tech really help you know if you have skin cancer?

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0:01:25 - Why is it so hard to monitor our skin?
0:02:49 - SkinVision Review
0:06:15 - Skinive Review
0:09:39 - MiiSkin Review
0:12:05 - Can tech help you know if you might have skin cancer?
0:13:00 - An important caveat


My name is Dr Tom Micklewright, a Medical Doctor and Digital Health Specialist working in the NHS in the UK. I have not received any financial compensation from any of the apps in this video, so this is an independent video.

I am an employee at ORCHA,the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps, but this review was conducted independently of ORCHA, with full creative control retained by me, as author of this review.

To find out more about the tech I describe, please visit:

SkinVision
https://www.skinvision.com/

Skinive
https://skinive.com/

MiiSkin
https://miiskin.com/

Thank you to u_6dj01uby3t, Muhamad Ali Syahid, Thomas G and Max Medyk who provided some of the stock video footage for free via Pixabay.com