Paper title: AUTOMATED PORTABLE BIOCHEMISTRY ANALYZER BASED ON IMAGE ACQUISITION
Author(s): MANOLE-ŞTEFAN NICULESCU, ADRIANA FLORESCU, SEVER VIOREL PAȘCA,
Abstract: Biochemistry is one of the most important blood sciences because it evaluates the complex of biomolecules from the living cells
and the processes that take place at cellular level. A routine biochemistry analysis supplies important information about the
hydro-electrolytic balance, the glycemic levels, the hepatic and renal functions. The paper presents an original automated
portable biochemistry prototype analyzer which uses a real-time image acquisition algorithm instead of a reflectance
photometer. The novelty consists in using an USB mini VGA camera which is triggered when the dry chemistry tests are placed
in front of the camera’s lens after the colorimetric reaction takes place. The presented prototype is a low-cost, reliable and
performance comparable with the existing dry chemistry analyzers from the market. The main advantage represents the
programming flexibility with less hardware components.
Keywords: Biochemistry analyzer, Image acquisition, Dry chemistry, Point-of-care, Spectrophotometry Year: 2020 | Tome: 65 | Issue: 3-4 | Pp.: 271-276
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