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. 2017 Nov 7;8(6):916–932. doi: 10.3945/an.116.014308

TABLE 3.

Camera-enabled technologies: assessment of criteria for use in LICs1

Developer, year cited (reference) Name of device Literacy and numeracy not required Battery life >8 h Able to work offline Collects sufficient information to quantify macro- and micronutrients Evidence of use and feasibility in LICs
Lazarte et al., 2012 (126) FP-24HR Y Y Y Y Y
Lassen et al., 2010 (127) DPM N Y Y Y N
Khanna et al., 2010 (140); Schap, 2012 (141); Aflague et al., 2015 (142) mFR Y Y N Y N
Pettitt et al., 2016 (136) Microcamera food record Y U/Kn Y Y N
Ptomey et al., 2012 (130) DP+R Y Y Y Y N
Martin et al., 2009 (143); Martin et al., 2009 (144); Martin et al., 2014 (132) RFPM N Y N Y N
Rollo et al., 2011 (129); Rollo, 2012 (130), Rollo et al., 2015 (131) NuDAM Y Y Y Y N
Weiss et al., 2010 (122); Weiss, 2011 (121) FIVR N Y Y Y N
Shang et al., 2011 (123), Shang et al., 2012 (124) DDRS N Y N Y N
Ofei et al., 2014 (138) DIMS Y Y Y Y N
SRI International, 2015 (125) Food Recognition Technology Y Y N Y N
Gemming et al., 2013 (133), Gemming et al., 2015 (9) Sensecam Y Y Y Y N
Sun et al., 2010 (135); Sun et al., 2015 (134) eButton Y N N Y N
Arab et al., 2011 (137) Image DietDay N U/Kn N Y N
Connor, 2013 (146) Willpower watch Y U/Kn Y Y N
SmartPlate, 2017 (139) SmartPlate Y U/Kn N Y N
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DDRS, Diet Data Recorder System; DIMS, Dietary Intake Monitoring System; DPM, digital photography method; DP+R, digital photography plus recall; FIVR, Food Intake Visual and voice Recognizer; FP-24H, food photography 24-hour recall; LIC, low-income country; mFR, mobile food record; N, does not meet the criterion; NuDAM, Nutricam Dietary Assessment Method; RFPM, Remote Food Photography Method; U/Kn, rating is unknown (i.e., not clear based on publicly available information); Y, meets the criterion.