DocumentCode
2997809
Title
An inexpensive, battery powered and portable instrument for the optical detection of pathogens
Author
Khanna, Raghav ; Stanchina, William ; Jones, Alex ; Vats, Abhay
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
7-8 April 2011
Firstpage
152
Lastpage
154
Abstract
In order to satisfy an emergent demand in point of care (POC) diagnostics as well as low resource settings such as in developing countries, we have integrated optical and bio-medical engineering to implement a device, which detects pathogens and displays test results using cell phones. The device employs DNA amplification and off-the-shelf components to obtain the diagnosis.
Keywords
DNA; biomedical equipment; biomedical optical imaging; molecular biophysics; patient diagnosis; portable instruments; DNA amplification; battery powered instrument; biomedical engineering; cell phones; inexpensive instrument; optical engineering; pathogen optical detection; point of care diagnostics; portable instrument; Band pass filters; DNA; Fluorescence; Heating; Instruments; Optical filters; Pathogens; Bio Instrumentation; LAMP; optics; palm-top computing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop (LiSSA), 2011 IEEE/NIH
Conference_Location
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0421-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LISSA.2011.5754181
Filename
5754181
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