Overview
- Reviews the state of the art in biochip technology by the leaders of the field
- Describes in a special chapter the public health impact of biochip technology
- Introduces readers to contemporary clinical medicine
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)
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The topic of this book is the development of automated and inexpensive tools that transfer medical tests from a specialized clinical laboratory directly to the point of care, using biochip technology. Immediate access to medically relevant biochemical information for doctors and nurses promises to revolutionize patient care and dramatically lower costs. The miniaturization and automation of medical tests are made possible by biochip technology, that integrates advances in integrated circuits, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, and electronics. The target audience for this book includes engineering and biomedical researchers who would like to develop or apply biochip technology. They can use this book as a review of the field and as a guide for the development of novel biochip technology for point of care medicine. This book can also be used as a teaching tool for engineering and biomedical students, as well as a reference for physicians and health professionals.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fluid Handling
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Detection
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Point-of-Care Diagnostics on a Chip
Editors: David Issadore, Robert M. Westervelt
Series Title: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29268-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-29267-5Published: 18 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43271-2Published: 25 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-29268-2Published: 19 January 2013
Series ISSN: 1618-7210
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5647
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 226
Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Medical Biochemistry, Electronic Circuits and Devices, Nanoscale Science and Technology