7.4 New Diagnosis and Technology Development

An E-Nose Prototype

Figure 7.11: An E-Nose Prototype

The e-nose provokes a series of signals that can detect patterns - it can also be trained to recognize more odors. Theoretically, the e-nose can also beat the human nose to some odors.

E-nose technology for infectious disease analysis attracts strong academic and commercial interests. There are currently ongoing projects for:

  1. Bacterial vaginosis
  2. Pulmonary infections
  3. UTIs
  4. Detecting H. pylori infections
  5. COVID-19 detection