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FDA recommends more robust testing of pulse oximeters to avoid bias in people with dark skin tone
The new guidance recommends companies test the devices in patients with wider ranges of skin tones, including from three subgroups of the 10 levels in the subjective Monk Skin Tone scale.
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The Overdue Imperative Of Cross-Racial Pulse Oximeters
These include using the Monk Skin Tone and Individual Typology Angle pigmentation scales when conducting performance studies and including a sufficiently diverse group of enrolled participants ...
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FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones
with at least 25% of participants falling within each skin color group on the system known as the Monk Skin Tone scale. Another is for manufacturers to “prominently display appropriate warnings ...
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Google Photos launches specialised ‘Real Tone’ filters which work well across all skin shades
At Google I/O, the company released the Monk Skin Tone Scale, an open-source library to help make machine learning of images more inclusive by better interpreting tones and shades. At the time ...