Lung Cancer Detection by an Electronic Nose

Part 1: project profile

Project name

Lung Cancer Detection by an Electronic Nose

Project short description

The electronic nose is an instrument able to detect and recognize odors, that is the volatile substances in the atmosphere or emitted by the analyzed substance. In this project, we use the electronic nose to recognize the presence of lung cancer in breathes' subjects, diagnosing the disease with a non invasive and low cost method.

The next objective of the research consists in understanding how early the electronic nose is able to detect the presence of lung cancer, performing in suh a way an early diagnosis.

Dates

Start date: 2008/01/31

End date: 2008/10/31

Website(s)

At the moment no website avaible

People involved

Project head(s)

A. Bonarini - User:AndreaBonarini

M. Matteucci - User:MatteoMatteucci

Other Politecnico di Milano people

R. Blatt - User:RossellaBlatt

Students currently working on the project

Claudio Trameri - User:ClaudioTrameri

Mauro Verdirosa - User:MauroVerdirosa

External personnel:

dott. U. Pastorino (Istituto dei Tumori - Milano)

dott. E. Calabrò (Istituto dei Tumori - Milano)

Laboratory work and risk analysis

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Laboratory work for this project will be mainly performed at AIRLab/Lambrate. It will include significant amounts of mechanical work as well as of electrical and electronic activity. Potentially risky activities are the following:

• Use of mechanical tools. Standard safety measures described in Safety norms will be followed.
• Use of soldering iron. Standard safety measures described in Safety norms will be followed.
• Use of high-voltage circuits. Special gloves and a current limiter will be used.
• Transportation of heavy loads (e.g. robot parts). Standard safety measures described in Safety norms will be followed.
• Robot testing. Standard safety measures described in Safety norms will be followed.
• Death ray testing: on the robot will be mounted professor Azzoide's death ray projector. When testing it on live animals (e.g. pigeons, pigs, camels) we will make sure that people stay away from the test area.

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