New AI Smartphone App Diagnoses STIs from Uploaded Images nextdigitalhealth.com

Researchers at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University have developed a new AI-powered smartphone app capable of diagnosing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from uploaded photos of the infected area.

As reported by AlfredHealth, the app allows users to upload photos of abnormal lesions, which are then processed using AI to detect STIs and other common genital skin illnesses. This brings hope for effortless STI diagnosis in the future.

The app’s development framework was based on a database of over 5,000 collated images gathered with the help