Porous bead-based diagnostic platforms: Bridging the gaps in healthcare

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 15467-15499

  Chou, Jie ^a   Wong, Jorge ^b   Christodoulides, Nicolaos ^a,c   Floriano, Pierre N ^a,c   Sanchez, Ximena ^a,c   McDevitt, John ^a,c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beads; Clinical chemistry; Immunoassays; Microfluidics; Point of care; Porous; Validation

Indexed keywords

BEADS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOASSAYS; POINT OF CARE; POROUS; VALIDATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH CARE; MICROFLUIDICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SENSORS;

MULTIPLEXING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870520467     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121115467     Document Type: Review

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