Quantitation in Lateral Flow Immunoassays: Self-Contained Reading to Stand Alone Instruments and Cellphones
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices".
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Dear Colleagues,
The lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) method is one of the most successful and versatile strategies in point-of-need applications. Among the many types of immunoassay-based tests, the lateral flow immunoassays embody the ideal technique to be used in a decentralized setting, with convenience as a testing strategy thanks to its simplicity, rapidity, cost-effectiveness, and lack of requirement for sophisticated equipment or technical expertise. The past decades have witnessed a terrific evolution in lateral flow immunoassay technologies, and lateral flow immunoassays are becoming well suited to replace laboratory-based immunoassays in point-of-care testing locations. The Special Issue, titled "Quantitation in Lateral Flow Immunoassays: Self-Contained Reading to Stand Alone Instruments and Cellphones”, regroups the various innovation attempts in order to bring more versatile features (proof-of-value) to conventional lateral flow immunoassays, such as the ability to quantitate; thus, enabling new medical niche markets to be served, including POCT at home. Quantitation can be done by creating new system configurations, adapting instrumentation to provide quantitative data on the signals produced, and finally how cellphones will enable home monitoring and their connection to the cloud/artificial intelligence/big data ecosystem.
Prof. Dr. Rodica Elena Ionescu
Prof. Dr. Robert Steven Marks
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immunoassays
- lateral flow immunoassay
- quantitation
- point-of-care tests
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