Portable Breath Monitoring: A New Frontier in Personalized Health Care. (January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hunter, Gary W.; Dweik, Raed A.; Makel, Darby B.; Grigsby, Claude C.; Mayes, Ryan S.; Davis, Cristina E.
• Is Part Of: Electrochemical Society Interface. Volume 25:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 63
• Page End: 67
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Subjects: portable breath monitoring -- health diagnostics -- smart sensor systems -- personal sensing
• DOI: 10.1149/2.F04164if
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1064-8208

Abstract

Abstract : Smart systems that can monitor a patient's health, assist in remote assessment by a health care provider, and improve the patient's quality of life with limited intrusion and decreased costs is one aspect of a more interconnected world composed of distributed intelligent systems. Breath analysis techniques offer a potential revolution in health care diagnostics, especially if portable breath monitoring systems that can be used outside of a clinical setting can be developed. This article provides a brief overview of the motivation for breath monitoring, possible components of portable breath monitoring systems, and provides an example of this approach.