Determination of the olfactory threshold using a piezoelectric microdispenser for neurodegenerative disease diagnostics

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3102-3109

  Wallace, David B ^a   Taylor, David ^a   Antohe, Bogdan V ^a   Achiriloaie, Ioan ^a   Comparini, Norman ^a   Stewart, R Malcolm ^b   Sanghera, Manjit K ^b  

^a MICROFAB TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Ink jet; Microdispensing; Neurodegenerative disease; Olfaction; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISEASES; EVAPORATION; INK; NEUROLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

MICRODISPENSING; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE; OLFACTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; EVAPORATION; INK; NEUROLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 33846062418     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/11/031     Document Type: Article

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