Exploration of Digital Health Technologies

Criteria	Programming
Resolution	Maximum possible (10 or more megapixels)
Format	JPG
Flash	On (forced)
Grid	3 × 3
White balance	Flashlight or a 5,500 degrees Kelvin (K) source
ISO	Equal or less than 100
Touch focus	On

Declarations

Author contributions

EDP: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. GMG, MFGC, and JPL: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

The manuscript is illustrated with clinical photos, not to develop a clinical case, but only to show the different results that are obtained by modifying the photographic parameters, which do not constitute a medical treatment nor a diagnostic procedure. In this case, ethical approval is not applicable according to local regulations (SALUD PUBLICA. Decreto 1089/2012).

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Informed consent to publication was obtained from relevant participants.

Availability of data and materials

Not applicable.

Funding

Not applicable.

Copyright

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