Alberto Bilenca
Senior Academic
A cellphone polarizing microscope for malaria detection
We demonstrate the application of a cellphone-based polarizing microscope for the detection of minute concentrations of hemozoin-the malaria pigment-and ? -hematin-the synthesized equivalent of hemozoin. Hemozoin concentrations as low as 0.75 μg/ml were detectable in malaria-infected human blood samples, demonstrating that the cellphone probe can offer malaria detection at very low parasitemia of 0.25%.
| Publication language | English |
| Pages | ATh1N.6 |
| Publication status | Published - 19.11.2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
