Breath analysis for medical diagnosis

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-440

  Hill, Darryl ^a   Binions, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breath analysis; Cancer detection; Electronic nose; Sensors

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS;

AREA OF INTEREST; BREATH ANALYSIS; CANCER DETECTION; CRITICAL REVIEW; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; PERFORMANCE; PORTABLE DEVICE; SENSOR MATERIALS; SENSOR SYSTEMS; WATER VAPOUR;

ELECTRONIC NOSE;

EID: 84864562788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11785608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21307/ijssis-2017-488     Document Type: Review

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