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ArticleBiosensors2024

A Low-Cost, Portable, Multi-Cancer Screening Device Based on a Ratio Fluorometry and Signal Correlation Technique.

Abdulaziz S Alghamdi, Rabah W Aldhaheri

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Article in Biosensors, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Abdulaziz S AlghamdiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Rabah W AldhaheriDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3087-131X

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Abstract

The autofluorescence of erythrocyte porphyrins has emerged as a potential method for multi-cancer early detection (MCED). With this method's dependence on research-grade spectrofluorometers, significant improvements in instrumentation are necessary to translate its potential into clinical practice, as with any promising medical technology. To fill this gap, in this paper, we present an automated ratio porphyrin analyzer for cancer screening (ARPA-CS), a low-cost, portable, and automated instrument for MCED via the ratio fluorometry of porphyrins. The ARPA-CS aims to facilitate cancer screening in an inexpensive, rapid, non-invasive, and reasonably accurate manner for use in primary clinics or at point of care. To accomplish this, the ARPA-CS uses an ultraviolet-excited optical apparatus for ratio fluorometry that features two photodetectors for detection at 590 and 630 nm. Additionally, it incorporates a synchronous detector for the precision measurement of signals based on the Walsh-ordered Walsh-Hadamard transform (WHT)

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Early Detection of CancerFluorometryBiosensing TechniquesHumansNeoplasmsPorphyrinsPorphyrinscancer screeninglock-in amplifierporphyrinsratio fluorometryWalsh–Hadamard transform

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PMID39451695
PMCPMC11506725

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