A team of researcher’s claims that a mobile phone mounted with a super-cheap paper microscope can detect the presence of malarial parasites in the blood in 10 seconds. The team has developed a system that archives data and maps the real-time distribution of the disease in a particular locality. The dubbed centaur, the framework for detection, monitoring and mitigation of the deadly disease has been created by the Institute of Engineering and Management, in collaboration with IIEST, Shibpur. It aims to eradicate human error, enhance diagnosis in remote areas and enable treatment as fast as possible.
The set-up uses a paper microscope, foldscope, with the help of a mobile camera. When you adjust the camera a little, it clicks a magnified image (enabled by the microscope) of the blood sample. That image is stored by the camera. The professor of IIEST, Shibpur said through an internet…
