Date of Award
2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Asghar, Waseem
Abstract
The World Health Organization has identified the need for affordable, specific, rapid and deliverable point of care assays for infectious diseases in areas that are resource poor and lacking readily available complex testing methods. The objective of this research is to discover improved methods of capturing and counting CD4+T, in a portable assay to aid in the detection of HIV or other diseases that are informed by cell identification and count. The research divides into 4 major objectives: Design an improved portable, microchip. to isolate cells in a timely manner. Explore, design and prove the optical technology that provides large field-of-view and enables imaging large surface area simultaneously so that a sufficient sample can be collected. Test and analyze the microchip and optics to verify the specificity and efficiency of the biological process. Identify and count the cells in an automated manner.
Extent
114 p.
Recommended Citation
Fennell, Robert, "THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDE-FIELD BIO-IMAGING FOR POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS IN RESOURCE CONSTRAINED SETTINGS" (2021). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present. 821.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/821
Identifier
FA00013817
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2021.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.