An application for diagnosing lung diseases on Android phone

Nowadays, lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis, are increasingly attracting the attention of the world medical community. The main reason is due to the increasing environmental pollution problem. Therefore, detecting pulmonary exacerbations and improving outcomes of chronic lung ailments are in urgent need. Traditionally, patients have to go to pulmonary hospital and use conventional spirometers. However, the challenge of this solution is the cost and the loss of time. Patients may take several hours to queue to see a doctor and have to pay for medical expenses. In order to solve this inconvenience, we proposed an approach, called BKSpiro, for measuring lung function using Android phone, a very popular device for everyone today. BKSpiro has the potential for more rapid recovery, earlier treatment of exacerbations, and reduce health care costs.