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Electronic Nose Technology in Respiratory Diseases.
- Source :
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Lung . Apr2017, Vol. 195 Issue 2, p157-165. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TECHNOLOGY
*RESPIRATORY diseases
*PULMONOLOGY
*ELECTRONIC noses
*ELECTRONIC tongues
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03412040
- Volume :
- 195
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lung
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122401870
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-017-9987-3