| Title: | Electronic Nose Technology in Respiratory Diseases |
| Author(s): | Dragonieri S; Pennazza G; Carratu P; Resta O; |
| Address: | "Department of Respiratory Diseases, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy. silvano.dragonieri@uniba.it. Unit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Center for Integrated Research, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy. Department of Respiratory Diseases, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00408-017-9987-3 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1432-1750 (Electronic) 0341-2040 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Electronic noses (e-noses) are based on arrays of different sensor types that respond to specific features of an odorant molecule, mostly volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Differently from gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, e-noses can distinguish VOCs spectrum by pattern recognition. E-nose technology has successfully been used in commercial applications, including military, environmental, and food industry. Human-exhaled breath contains a mixture of over 3000 VOCs, which offers the postulate that e-nose technology can have medical applications. Based on the above hypothesis, an increasing number of studies have shown that breath profiling by e-nose could play a role in the diagnosis and/or screening of various respiratory and systemic diseases. The aim of the present study was to review the principal literature on the application of e-nose technology in respiratory diseases" |
| Keywords: | "Asthma/*diagnosis Breath Tests *Electronic Nose Humans Lung Neoplasms/*diagnosis Mesothelioma/diagnosis Pleural Neoplasms/diagnosis Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/*diagnosis Respiratory Tract Infections/*diagnosis Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/diagnosi;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineDragonieri, Silvano Pennazza, Giorgio Carratu, Pierluigi Resta, Onofrio eng Review 2017/02/27 Lung. 2017 Apr; 195(2):157-165. doi: 10.1007/s00408-017-9987-3. Epub 2017 Feb 25" |
