Title :
A cellphone polarizing microscope for malaria detection
Author :
Remer, Itay ; Bilenca, Alberto
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Dept., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate the application of a cellphone-based polarizing microscope for the detection of minute concentrations of hemozoin - the malaria pigment - and /β-hematin - the synthesized equivalent of hemozoin. Hemozoin concentrations as low as 0.75 μg/ml were detectable in malaria-infected human blood samplesWe demonstrate the application of a cellphone-based polarizing microscope for the detection of minute concentrations of hemozoin - the malaria pigment - and /β-hematin - the synthesized equivalent of hemozoin. Hemozoin concentrations as low as 0.75 μg/ml were detectable in malaria-infected human blood samples, demonstrating that the cellphone probe can offer malaria detection at very low parasitemia of 0.25%., demonstrating that the cellphone probe can offer malaria detection at very low parasitemia of 0.25%.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; cellular radio; diseases; light polarisation; microorganisms; optical microscopy; patient diagnosis; beta-hematin; cellphone-based polarizing microscope; hemozoin concentration detection; malaria pigment; malaria-infected human blood samples; parasitemia; Blood; Diseases; Educational institutions; Microscopy; Optical microscopy; Pigments; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
