Issue 4, 2014

Cholesterol testing on a smartphone

Abstract

Home self-diagnostic tools for blood cholesterol monitoring have been around for over a decade but their widespread adoption has been limited by the relatively high cost of acquiring a quantitative test-strip reader, complicated procedure for operating the device, and inability to easily store and process results. To address this we have developed a smartphone accessory and software application that allows for the quantification of cholesterol levels in blood. Through a series of human trials we demonstrate that the system can accurately quantify total cholesterol levels in blood within 60 s by imaging standard test strips. In addition, we demonstrate how our accessory is optimized to improve measurement sensitivity and reproducibility across different individual smartphones. With the widespread adoption of smartphones and increasingly sophisticated image processing technology, accessories such as the one presented here will allow cholesterol monitoring to become more accurate and widespread, greatly improving preventive care for cardiovascular disease.

Graphical abstract: Cholesterol testing on a smartphone

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Oct 2013
Accepted
28 Nov 2013
First published
28 Nov 2013

Lab Chip, 2014,14, 759-763

Cholesterol testing on a smartphone

V. Oncescu, M. Mancuso and D. Erickson, Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 759 DOI: 10.1039/C3LC51194D

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