Method and device for predicting and testing physiological conditions of a female mammal

A method for predicting and/or testing a physiological condition of a female mammal related to ferning caused by an increased level of an oestrogen hormone present in a mucous body fluid sample of the female mammal, comprising:

• capturing an image of the dried mucous body fluid sample via a camera of a hand-held mobile telecommunication device selected from a group consisting of a smart phone and a tablet through a magnifying lens releasably coupled to an objective of the camera,
• detecting the presence of crystals in the sample by
• capturing a plurality of dried mucous body fluid sample images in the form of a video recording using the hand-held mobile telecommunication device,
• determining the crystal density within the sample from the detected crystals using the hand-held mobile telecommunication device, and
• predicting and/or testing the physiological condition of the female mammal by comparing the crystal density to reference crystal density data, wherein increased crystal density is indicative of increased ferning level.

A method for predicting and/or testing a physiological condition of a female mammal related to ferning caused by an increased level of an oestrogen hormone present in a mucous body fluid sample of the female mammal, comprising:

• capturing an image of the dried mucous body fluid sample via a camera of a mobile telecommunication device selected from a group consisting of a smart phone and a tablet through a magnifying lens releasably coupled to an objective of the camera,
• detecting the presence of crystals in the sample by processing the image,
• determining the crystal density within the sample from the detected crystals,
• electronically transmitting data relating to the determined crystal density from the mobile telecommunication device to a remote host,
• predicting the physiological condition of the female mammal at the remote host by comparing the crystal density to reference crystal density data, wherein increased crystal density is indicative of increased ferning level,
• transmitting back data relating to the result of the prediction from the remote host to the mobile telecommunication device, and
• displaying the result of the prediction on a display of the mobile telecommunication device.

A hand-held mobile telecommunication device selected from a group consisting of a smart phone and a tablet and comprising:

• at least one processing unit,
• a user input interface,
• a display,
• a camera having an objective,
• a magnifying lens releasably coupled to the objective,
• at least one memory including computer program code in the hand-held mobile telecommunication device, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processing unit, cause the hand-held device to perform at least the following:
• capture an image of a dried mucous body fluid sample of a female mammal via the camera through the magnifying lens,
• detect the presence of crystals in the sample by processing the image,
• determine crystal density within the sample from the detected crystals,
• predict and/or test a physiological condition of the female mammal related to an increased level of ferning by comparing the crystal density to at least one reference density, wherein increased crystal density is indicative of increased ferning level.