A novel approach for performing measurements in diagnostic images on a mobile-based App for the training of professionals

Mobile Apps are deeply entering in daily lives and could be also used for e-learning/e-training purpose. The realisation of a Mobile App, designed for iOS, would allow a wide spread of such tools, even among the medical community. However, several key points should be faced to build up a reliable product for this purpose, among which the implementation of accurate, reproducible methods to perform measurements on biomedical images. To this extent, a new approach for computing distances on biomedical images was developed and the results obtained with this approach were comparable to the ones achieved with more complex systems. Such result could foster the implementation of more complex functions and Apps devoted to healthcare professionals in various fields.