A Cellphone Polarizing Microscope for Malaria Detection

Itay Remer; Alberto Bilenca

doi:10.1364/cleo_at.2013.ath1n.6

A Cellphone Polarizing Microscope for Malaria Detection

Itay Remer, Alberto Bilenca

Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

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%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN (Print)	9781557529725
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/cleo_at.2013.ath1n.6
State	Published - 19 Nov 2013
Event	2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013 - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 9 Jun 2013 → 14 Jun 2013

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Name	2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013

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Conference	2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	9/06/13 → 14/06/13

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Remer, I & Bilenca, A 2013, A Cellphone Polarizing Microscope for Malaria Detection. in 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2013., ATh1N.6, 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013, San Jose, CA, United States, 9/06/13. https://doi.org/10.1364/cleo_at.2013.ath1n.6

A Cellphone Polarizing Microscope for Malaria Detection. / Remer, Itay; Bilenca, Alberto.
2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013. ATh1N.6 (2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013).

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