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Rapid white blood cell detection for peritonitis diagnosis

  • Tsung Feng Wu
  • , Zhe Mei
  • , Yu Jui Chiu
  • , Sung Hwan Cho
  • , Yu Hwa Lo

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Abstract

A point-of-care and home-care lab-on-a-chip (LoC) system that integrates a microfluidic spiral device as a concentrator with an optical-coding device as a cell enumerator is demonstrated. The LoC system enumerates white blood cells from dialysis effluent of patients receiving peritoneal dialysis. The preliminary results show that the white blood cell counts from our system agree well with the results from commercial flow cytometers. The LoC system can potentially bring significant benefits to end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients that are on peritoneal dialysis (PD).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMicrofluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XI
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
EventMicrofluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XI - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Feb 3 2013Feb 5 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8615
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceMicrofluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems XI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period2/3/132/5/13

Keywords

  • Dialysis
  • Forward scattering signals
  • Lab-on-a-chip
  • Microfluidics
  • Optical-coding technique
  • Peritonitis
  • White blood cells

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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