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Designing of a Low-Cost Optical Density Meter for Medical Applications

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Detection of analytes (biological markers) is an important process for the confirmation of some disease and/or overdose of drugs. Without the detection of the analytes, the treatment of the patients cannot be initiated immediately. In this regard, various detection methodologies have been proposed. One such method is the colorimetric estimation of the analytes. This chapter discusses the advancements made in the field of devising of instruments for colorimetric estimation. Keeping a view of above, a case study to device a low-cost colorimetric instrument, capable of measuring the optical density (OD) of a solution, has also been reported. The suitability of the developed device for estimating rhodamin-B dye and potassium indigo sulphate and salicylic acid was ascertained by making a standard curve plot. The results suggested that the developed device can be used with great efficiency in estimating analytes by colorimetric assays.

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Sharma, A. et al. (2018). Designing of a Low-Cost Optical Density Meter for Medical Applications. In: Bhattacharya, S., Agarwal, A., Chanda, N., Pandey, A., Sen, A. (eds) Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7751-7_12

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