Smartphone based bioanalytical and diagnosis applications: A review

Suvardhan Kanchi; Myalowenkosi I Sabela; Phumlane Selby Mdluli; Inamuddin; Krishna Bisetty

doi:10.1016/j.bios.2017.11.021

Smartphone based bioanalytical and diagnosis applications: A review

Biosens Bioelectron. 2018 Apr 15:102:136-149. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.11.021. Epub 2017 Nov 6.

Authors

Suvardhan Kanchi¹, Myalowenkosi I Sabela², Phumlane Selby Mdluli³, Inamuddin⁴, Krishna Bisetty⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa. Electronic address: ksuvardhan@gmail.com.
² Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa. Electronic address: myalosabela@gmail.com.
³ Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa.
⁴ Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia; Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: inamuddin@rediffmail.com.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa. Electronic address: bisettyk@dut.ac.za.

PMID: 29128716
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.11.021

Abstract

A smartphone is a facile, handy-analytical device that makes our lives comfortable and stress-free in terms of health care diagnostic assessments. Due to recent advancements in the technology and the introduction of user friendly operating systems and applications, the smartphones have replaced laptops and desktop computers. Taking this fact into account, researchers have designed sensing systems which are more compatible with smartphones. Consequently, these devices are attracting the attention of researchers from fields such as telemedicine, biotechnology, chemical sciences and environmental sciences. In this review, our focus is on recent advances on smartphone based sensing and diagnosis applications.

Keywords: Bioanalytical; Diagnostics and apps; Sensing; Smartphones.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Biosensing Techniques* / instrumentation
Biosensing Techniques* / methods
Equipment Design
Humans
Mobile Applications
Point-of-Care Systems*
Smartphone* / instrumentation
Telemedicine / instrumentation
Telemedicine / methods