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Itabashi CampusAssociate Professor Hirota and his research team have developed a new AI model that uses a smartphone app and AI to automatically analyze and evaluate the severity of atopic dermatitis.

On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, a research team led by Masakazu Hirota, Teikyo University Faculty of Medical Technology Department of Orthoptics Associate Professor and Dr. Takeya Adachi, Department of Allergy, Keio University School of Medicine Dermatology (concurrently at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) and Dr. Shiko Yanagane, Department of Allergy, Keio University Hospital Senior Assistant Professor and Dr. Shiko Yanagane, Department of Allergy, Keio University Hospital Assistant Professor developed a new AI model that uses the largest atopic dermatitis patient submission app in Japan to automatically analyze and evaluate the severity of skin rashes from images taken by patients themselves. The AI model automatically analyzes and evaluates the severity of the rash from skin images taken by patients themselves using the largest app for atopic dermatitis patients in Japan. This AI model is a tool that enables patients to continuously, medically, and objectively assess their own skin conditions outside the examination room, and supports "awareness" and "judgment" in their daily lives. Furthermore, it is expected to be utilized by medical institutions as a "digital biomarker" that can continuously and in a standardized manner evaluate the severity of skin rashes.

The results of this research were published in the online edition of Allergy, one of the most authoritative international medical journals in the field of allergy, on May 20, 2025 (UTC: Coordinated Universal Time).

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