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Multiplex Smartphone Diagnostics

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Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 1546)

Abstract

Increasing computing power in smartphones allows for their transformation into point-of-care diagnostic devices. Mobile medical diagnostic applications enable utilization of the processing capabilities of smartphones through their cameras. Hardware attachments or stand-alone versions of smartphone diagnostics have the capability to revolutionize quantitative readouts. Here, we describe a protocol for quantifying commercial colorimetric diagnostic tests with a stand-alone smartphone application. This approach can be used in the multiplexed analyses of biomarker readouts.

Key words

Smartphone Diagnostics Mobile Medical Application Quantitative assays 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Chemical Engineering and BiotechnologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
  2. 2.Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for PhotomedicineMassachusetts General HospitalCambridgeUSA
  3. 3.Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeUSA

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