Chemical sensors integrated with mobile phones for remote medical diagnostics: State-of-the-art and beyond

Human breath and sweat are sources of biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which can be sampled non-invasively providing medical information. Smartphones can be equipped with a variety of classical sensors (e.g. camera, audio, temperature/humidity, geomagnetic, proximity, barometer, accelerome...

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Published in2014 4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - Transforming Healthcare Through Innovations in Mobile and Wireless Technologies (MOBIHEALTH) pp. 234 - 237
Main Authors Anton, Amann, Statheropoulos, Milt
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published ICST 01.11.2014
Subjects
chemicals
Compounds
exhaled breath
gases
human odor
Medical diagnostic imaging
Monitoring
Sensors
Skin
Smart phones
smartphones
Spectroscopy
volatile organic conpounds (VOCs)
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Summary:Human breath and sweat are sources of biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which can be sampled non-invasively providing medical information. Smartphones can be equipped with a variety of classical sensors (e.g. camera, audio, temperature/humidity, geomagnetic, proximity, barometer, accelerometer, GPS, gyroscope, etc.) but also with chemical sensors for gases and VOCs monitoring and then be used as personalized health monitoring devices. The goal of this paper is to highlight the latest research efforts towards the direction of transforming smartphones to revolutionary diagnostic medical tools, being able to detect and process chemical profiles related to vital signs but also with the potential to therapeutic monitoring.
DOI:10.4108/Mobihealth33544.2014.7015954