Mobile phone-based microscope for blood cell imaging and count applications

Authors

Jaan Ruy Conrad Nogot ⋅ PH Materials Physics Group, Physics Division, Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Joybel Bugna ⋅ PH Materials Physics Group, Physics Division, Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Lou Serafin Lozada ⋅ PH Materials Physics Group, Physics Division, Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Abstract

A low-cost lightweight microscopy attachment for mobile phones was designed and contructed, purposely to sample images of white blood cells (WBC) and red blood cells (RBC), and to facilitate WBC counts. Venous blood samples were extracted from patients with low, normal and high cellularity, and were prepared following a standard clinical method. The counts for each sample performed using the device were averaged and compared with the counts performed by a standard light microscope. Towards the end, the device demonstrated the potential to replace standard microscope as the main tool for imaging WBC and RBC and performing WBC counts.

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Issue

2011: Proceedings of the 29th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas National Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2011-5C-1

Section

Instrumentation Physics

Published

2011-10-24

How to Cite

[1]

JRC Nogot, J Bugna, and LS Lozada, Mobile phone-based microscope for blood cell imaging and count applications, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 29, SPP2011-5C-1 (2011). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2011-5C-1.