Title :
Quantitative measurement of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) based on digital image processing
Author :
Shi, Mengying ; Cui, Meng ; Zhu, Yisheng ; Niu, Jinhai ; Tong, Shanbao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Our research aims to develop a novel method for quantitative measurement of hCG concentration in human serum. Based on digital imaging processing technique, the relationship between hCG concentration and image information of reaction dot on hCG test sample can be built and be described as a standard curve. According to this standard curve, concentration of hCG sample can be measured. The image information of hCG test sample is captured by CCD mini-camera and is processed by digital signal processor (DSP). The sensitivity can be under 10mIU/ml. The high accuracy makes our system significantly potential application in clinical diagnosis.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; biomedical optical imaging; digital signal processing chips; gynaecology; medical image processing; obstetrics; proteins; CCD minicamera; DSP; clinical diagnosis; digital image processing; glycoprotein hormone; human chorionic gonadotropin; human serum; image information; pregnancy testing; Accuracy; Digital signal processing; Humans; Image color analysis; Pixel; Pregnancy; Prototypes; POCT; digital image processing; digital signal processor; hCG; quantitative measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2010 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yantai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6495-1
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2010.5639252
