A Smartphone-Based Dark-Field Microscope for Point of Care (POC) Diagnosis of Blood-Cell Disorders in Lethal Diseases

Implementing Organization

Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur

Principal Investigator

Prof Manabendra Chandra

Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Department of Chemistry

CO-Principal Investigator

Manish Kulkarni

Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

CO-Principal Investigator

Dr. Sutapa Mondal

Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

CO-Principal Investigator

Prof Raju K Gupta

Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Department of Chemical Engineering

CO-Principal Investigator

Tanmoy Maiti

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Department of MSE

CO-Principal Investigator

Arnab Bhattacharya

Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

CO-Principal Investigator

Anindita Gayen

Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Project Overview

The objective of the proposed research is to develop a dark-field microscopy-based smartphone attachment for accurate, quantitative and rapid diagnosis of human-blood samples. The proposed inexpensive device will have resolution comparable to laboratory microscopes and will work with just a finger-prick volume of unstained blood-cells. A downloadable and user-friendly custom app, which will guide any non-technical user in performing blood-test and analyzing the results step-by-step, will be designed. Abnormalities in number, size, shape, color-intensity of blood cells, and presence of target cells, fungi & parasites will be detected and the related diseases will be diagnosed through data mining. Our proposed device will help people in quick blood-analysis and diagnosis of various diseases like leukemia, sickle-cell anemia, thalassemia, dengue, malaria etc.

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Area of Research

Medical Sciences

Focus Area

Point of care diagnostic tests and surveillance systems for common non-communicable and Infectious diseases

Sanction Amount

₹ 1.06 Cr

Status

Ongoing

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