Table 1 Areas of medicine where the next generation of smart mirrors is likely to create new opportunities to improve the health of patients
From: Reflecting health: smart mirrors for personalized medicine
Modality | Summary | Application |
|---|---|---|
Passive monitoring | The ability to interact with users, without directly engaging them, to monitor physiological changes and health status. | Emotion detection |
Balance measurement | ||
Skin variation | ||
Hair loss | ||
Cardiovascular risk | ||
Dynamic monitoring | The ability to receive user operation/interaction as input and provide real-time response related to the input (e.g., correction suggestions, health scores). | Gait analysis |
Cognitive performance | ||
Grip strength | ||
Voice tracker | ||
Physical therapy | ||
Digital biomarker detection | The automatic detection of various metrics that are useful for assessing health. | Heart rate |
Heart rate variability | ||
Blood pressure | ||
Respiratory rate | ||
Stress level | ||
Eye health | ||
Telemedicine | A remote interaction between the patient and physicians. | Vitals detection |
EHR integration | ||
Personalized care | ||
Health visualization | ||
Health and fitness | Fitness and health performance as characterized by general consumer health (not in terms of clinical care). | Weight loss |
Body fat | ||
Activity tracking | ||
Motivation | ||
Metabolic performance | ||
Personal coaching |
