Emerald Medical Applications is the developer of a technology that uses military image processing and big-data analytics to improve the analysis of medical images. The companys DermaCompare is a Class 1, FDA-approved, HIPAA-compliant skin cancer screening platform that enables physicians to identify and monitor changes in their patients skin health for the early detection of skin cancers and other anomalies.

The DermaCompare patient application is available on iOS and Androidand uses the digital camera found on most mobile devices. Patientscan use DermaCompare to take and transmit Total Body Photography imagesfor dermatological evaluation and identification of suspicious moles, lesions, and other skin conditions.

The images are analyzed using Emeralds cloud databaseandthe patients previous Total Body Photography images, enhancing physicians ability to detect melanoma earlier, more accurately, and more efficiently than by other means of diagnosis.

The company wasawarded first prize out of 3,500 tech companies in the Publicis Groupe 90 initiative at the inaugural edition of Viva Technology Paris. 4SaveU, an automatic image-processing mammographytool, is a subsidiary of Emerald Medical Applications.