Lung Cancer Detection by an Electronic Nose
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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 an electronic nose based on an array of six MOS sensors, to recognize the presence of lung cancer in breaths' 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 such a way an early diagnosis.
Dates
Start date: 2007/01/01
End date: --
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
Students who worked on the project in the past
External personnel:
Dott. Ugo Pastorino (Istituto dei Tumori - Milano)
Dott. Elisa Calabrò (Istituto dei Tumori - Milano)
Dott. Matteo Della Torre (SACMI - Imola)
Laboratory work and risk analysis
Laboratory work for this project will be mainly performed at the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, where the acquisistion of subjects' breath, both sick and healthy will be done. For this kind of work, there are not potential risks.
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