Title :
Point-of-care monitoring and diagnostics for autoimmune diseases
Author :
Kalatzis, Fanis G. ; Exarchos, Themis P. ; Giannakeas, Nikolaos ; Markoula, Sofia ; Hatzi, Elisavet ; Rizos, Panagiotis ; Georgiou, Ioannis ; Fotiadis, Dimitrios I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Ioannina, Ioannina
Abstract :
In this paper we present the POCEMON platform, a platform aiming to the early prognosis and diagnosis of autoimmune diseases at any point of care, even the primary. The objective of the POCEMON platform is the development of a diagnostic lab-on-chip device based on genomic microarrays of HLA-typing. The POCEMON is going to advance and promote the primary health care across Europe by supporting a) point-of-care diagnostics, b) monitoring of immune system status and c) management of the chronic multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) autoimmune diseases. The platform combines high-end Information and Communication Technologies based on microfluidics, microelectronics, microarrays and intelligent diagnosis algorithms.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biomedical electronics; biotechnology; genomics; integrated circuits; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; HLA typing; POCEMON platform; autoimmune disease diagnostics; autoimmune disease early prognosis; autoimmune disease point of care monitoring; chronic multiple sclerosis management; diagnostic lab on chip device; genomic microarrays; immune system status monitoring; intelligent diagnosis algorithms; microelectronics; microfluidics; point of care diagnostics; rheumatoid arthritis management; Arthritis; Bioinformatics; Communications technology; Diseases; Europe; Genomics; Immune system; Medical services; Monitoring; Multiple sclerosis;
Conference_Titel :
BioInformatics and BioEngineering, 2008. BIBE 2008. 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2844-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2845-8
DOI :
10.1109/BIBE.2008.4696778
