Point-Of-Care Diagnostics on a Chip

Part I: Motivation.- Introduction to BioChips.- The Context and the Potential Impact for Improved Point of Care Diagnostics.- An Introduction to Contemporary Clinical Laboratory Medicine.- PART II: Fluid Handling.- Ultra Low Cost Passive Microfluidics.- Active Microfluidics - Pumps, Gates, Valves, and Heaters.- Digital Microfluidics - Electrowetting on Printed Circuit Boards.- Hybrid Integrated Circuit / Microfluidic Chips.- Part III: Detection.- Nanoparticle Based Medical Diagnostics.- Miniaturized Fluorescence Based Flow Cytometry.- Holographic Cell Imaging on a Chip.- Single Molecule Detection with Optical Sensing Arrays.- Dielectric Detection of Biochemical Assays.- Radio Frequency Dielectric Flow Cytometry.- Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance for Disease Detection.- Mass-Based Detection and Characterization of Biochemistry and Living Cells.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642432719
• ISBN13: 9783642432712
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"