A solid trap and thermal desorption system with application to a medical electronic nose

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 6885-6898

  Xu, Xuntao ^a,b   Tian, Fengchun ^a   Yang, Simon X ^a,c   Li, Qi ^a   Yan, Jia ^a   Ma, Jianwei ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Mianyang Vocational and Technical College   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti disturbance; Detection limit; Medical electronic nose; Solid trap thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

ANTI-DISTURBANCE; BACKGROUND COMPONENTS; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTRONIC NOSE; ELECTRONIC NOSE SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL UNIT; THERMAL DESORPTION SYSTEMS;

CONDENSATION; DESORPTION; ODORS; SENSORY AIDS;

GASES;

EID: 56449102481     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8116885     Document Type: Article

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