title: [Advances in the application of smart phones in modern medicine].
abstract: Since smart phones have been developed, significant advances in the function of mobile phone due to the development of software, hardware and accessories have been reached. Till now, smart phones have been engaged in daily life with an increasing impact. As a new medical model, mobile phone medicine is emerging and has found wide spread applications in medicine, especially in diagnosing, monitoring and screening various diseases. In addition, mo bile phone medical application shows great potential trend to improve healthcare in resource-limited regions due to its advantageous features of portability and information communication capability. Nowadays, the scientific and technological issues related to mobile phone medicine have attracted worldwide attention. In this review, we summarize state-of-the-art advances of mobile phone medicine with focus on its diagnostics applications in order to expand the fields of their applications and promote healthcare informatization.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Huilin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tianjian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shuqi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software