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ReviewMicromachines2022

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy to Analyse Human Blood over the Last 20 Years: A Review towards Lab-on-a-Chip Devices.

Ahmed Fadlelmoula, Diana Pinho, Vitor Hugo Carvalho, Susana O Catarino, Graça Minas

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In one paragraph

Review in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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61citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
46.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 194 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed FadlelmoulaCenter for MicroElectromechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMinho), University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal.
Diana PinhoInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3884-6496
Vitor Hugo CarvalhoAlgoritmi Research Center, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4658-5844
Susana O CatarinoCenter for MicroElectromechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMinho), University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8962-0710
Graça MinasCenter for MicroElectromechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMinho), University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2460-0556
University of Minho · PTInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory · PTPolytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave · PT

Funding

European Regional Development Fund NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-029394Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 2020.00215.CEECINDFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/EMD-EMD/29394/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since microorganisms are evolving rapidly, there is a growing need for a new, fast, and precise technique to analyse blood samples and distinguish healthy from pathological samples. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy can provide information related to the biochemical composition and how it changes when a pathological state arises. FTIR spectroscopy has undergone rapid development over the last decades with a promise of easier, faster, and more impartial diagnoses within the biomedical field. However, thus far only a limited number of studies have addressed the use of FTIR spectroscopy in this field. This paper describes the main concepts related to FTIR and presents the latest research focusing on FTIR spectroscopy technology and its integration in lab-on-a-chip devices and their applications in the biological field. This review presents the potential use of FTIR to distinguish between healthy and pathological samples, with examples of early cancer detection, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) detection, and routine blood analysis, among others. Finally, the study also reflects on the features of FTIR technology that can be applied in a lab-on-a-chip format and further developed for small healthcare devices that can be used for point-of-care monitoring purposes. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no other published study has reviewed these topics. Therefore, this analysis and its results will fill this research gap.

Indexed as

blood cellsfourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopyfunctional grouplab-on-a-chip

Identifiers

PMID35208311
PMCPMC8879834
OpenAlexW4210265054

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