Browsing by Subject "diagnostic"
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(2013-07-31)Department: Biomedical EngineeringPoint-of-care diagnostics suitable for the resource-limited environment should be low-cost and simple-to-use while maintaining a clinically meaningful performance capability. This thesis explores harnessing the hydrodynamics ...
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(2010-12-16)Department: Biomedical EngineeringMore than 700,000 deaths are attributed to malarial infection annually in the rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. Effective and reliable early detection is inadequate with currently available technology. Development of a ...
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Towards the use of monodisperse ferromagnetic particles in low resource malaria diagnostic devices (2016-03-24)Department: Biomedical EngineeringGiven the prevalence of malaria in underdeveloped countries, specialized solutions must be developed for its diagnosis. The most common diagnostic throughout these regions is a lateral flow assay. While generally useful, ...