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

fYear

2013

fDate

9-14 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

Filename

6832967