Title
Key Enabling Technologies for Point-of-Care Diagnostics.
Abstract
A major trend in biomedical engineering is the development of reliable, self-contained point-of-care (POC) devices for diagnostics and in-field assays. The new generation of such platforms increasingly addresses the clinical and environmental needs. Moreover, they are becoming more and more integrated with everyday objects, such as smartphones, and their spread among unskilled common people, has the power to improve the quality of life, both in the developed world and in low-resource settings. The future success of these tools will depend on the integration of the relevant key enabling technologies on an industrial scale (microfluidics with microelectronics, highly sensitive detection methods and low-cost materials for easy-to-use tools). Here, recent advances and perspectives will be reviewed across the large spectrum of their applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18113607
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
lab-on-chip,point-of-care,in vitro diagnostics,biosensors,microfluidics
Point-of-care testing,Systems engineering,Electronic engineering,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
11
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
10