A survey of skin tone assessment in prospective research
Vanessa R. Weir,
Katelyn Dempsey,
Judy Wawira Gichoya
et al.
Abstract:Increasing evidence supports reduced accuracy of noninvasive assessment tools, such as pulse oximetry, temperature probes, and AI skin diagnosis benchmarks, in patients with darker skin tones. The FDA is exploring potential strategies for device regulation to improve performance across diverse skin tones by including skin tone criteria. However, there is no consensus about how prospective studies should perform skin tone assessment in order to take this bias into account. There are several tools available to c… Show more
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