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Sensors (Basel)

Title:		Advances in electronic-nose technologies developed for biomedical applications
Author(s):		Wilson AD; Baietto M;
Address:		"Southern Hardwoods Laboratory, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 432 Stoneville Road, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA"
Journal Title:		Sensors (Basel)
Year:		2011
Volume:		20110119
Issue:		1
Page Number:		1105 - 1176
DOI:		10.3390/s110101105
ISSN/ISBN:		1424-8220 (Electronic) 1424-8220 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The research and development of new electronic-nose applications in the biomedical field has accelerated at a phenomenal rate over the past 25 years. Many innovative e-nose technologies have provided solutions and applications to a wide variety of complex biomedical and healthcare problems. The purposes of this review are to present a comprehensive analysis of past and recent biomedical research findings and developments of electronic-nose sensor technologies, and to identify current and future potential e-nose applications that will continue to advance the effectiveness and efficiency of biomedical treatments and healthcare services for many years. An abundance of electronic-nose applications has been developed for a variety of healthcare sectors including diagnostics, immunology, pathology, patient recovery, pharmacology, physical therapy, physiology, preventative medicine, remote healthcare, and wound and graft healing. Specific biomedical e-nose applications range from uses in biochemical testing, blood-compatibility evaluations, disease diagnoses, and drug delivery to monitoring of metabolic levels, organ dysfunctions, and patient conditions through telemedicine. This paper summarizes the major electronic-nose technologies developed for healthcare and biomedical applications since the late 1980s when electronic aroma detection technologies were first recognized to be potentially useful in providing effective solutions to problems in the healthcare industry"
Keywords:		"Delivery of Health Care Drug Carriers/chemistry/metabolism Humans Infections/diagnosis Metabolic Diseases/diagnosis Neoplasms/diagnosis *Smell Telemedicine *Transistors, Electronic Volatile Organic Compounds/chemistry artificial olfaction disease diagnose;"
Notes:		"MedlineWilson, Alphus D Baietto, Manuela eng Review Switzerland 2012/02/22 Sensors (Basel). 2011; 11(1):1105-76. doi: 10.3390/s110101105. Epub 2011 Jan 19"