Mobile microscopy as a screening tool for oral cancer in India: A pilot study

Arunan Skandarajah; Sumsum P. Sunny; Praveen Gurpur; Clay D. Reber; Michael V. D’Ambrosio; Nisheena Raghavan; Bonney Lee James; Ravindra D. Ramanjinappa; Amritha Suresh; Uma Kandasarma; Praveen Birur; Vinay V. Kumar; Honorius-Cezar Galmeanu; Alexandru Mihail Itu; Mihai Modiga-Arsu; Saskia Rausch; Maria Sramek; Manohar Kollegal; Gianluca Paladini; Moni Kuriakose; Lance Ladic; Felix Koch; Daniel Fletcher

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188440

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Mobile microscopy as a screening tool for oral cancer in India: A pilot study

Arunan Skandarajah,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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Sumsum P. Sunny,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, NH Health city, Bangalore, India, Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program (DSRG-5), Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation, NH Health City, Bangalore, India
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Praveen Gurpur,

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Siemens Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India
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Clay D. Reber,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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Michael V. D’Ambrosio,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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Nisheena Raghavan,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, NH Health City, Bangalore, India
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Bonney Lee James,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program (DSRG-5), Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation, NH Health City, Bangalore, India
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Ravindra D. Ramanjinappa,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program (DSRG-5), Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation, NH Health City, Bangalore, India
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Amritha Suresh,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, NH Health city, Bangalore, India, Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program (DSRG-5), Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation, NH Health City, Bangalore, India
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Uma Kandasarma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, KLE Society’s Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, India
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Praveen Birur,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of oral medicine and radiology, KLE Society’s Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, India
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Vinay V. Kumar,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, NH Health city, Bangalore, India
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Honorius-Cezar Galmeanu,

Roles Software

Affiliation Siemens S.R.L, Brasov, Romania
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Alexandru Mihail Itu,

Roles Software, Supervision

Affiliation Siemens S.R.L, Brasov, Romania
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Mihai Modiga-Arsu,

Roles Software

Affiliation Siemens S.R.L, Brasov, Romania
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Saskia Rausch,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
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Maria Sramek,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
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Manohar Kollegal,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Siemens Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India
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Gianluca Paladini,

Roles Project administration, Software

Affiliation Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., Princeton, NJ, United States of America
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Moni Kuriakose,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, NH Health city, Bangalore, India, Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program (DSRG-5), Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation, NH Health City, Bangalore, India
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Lance Ladic ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lance.ladic@siemens.com

Affiliation Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., Princeton, NJ, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8900-2701

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Felix Koch,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery–Plastic Surgery, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Daniel Fletcher

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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Mobile microscopy as a screening tool for oral cancer in India: A pilot study

Arunan Skandarajah, …
Sumsum P. Sunny,
Praveen Gurpur,
Clay D. Reber,
Michael V. D’Ambrosio,
Nisheena Raghavan,
Bonney Lee James,
Ravindra D. Ramanjinappa,
Amritha Suresh,
Uma Kandasarma

Published: November 27, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188440

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