Characterization of a clinical olfactory test with an artificial nose
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UAM. Departamento de Ingeniería InformáticaPublisher
Frontiers Research FoundationDate
2012-02-02Citation
10.3389/fneng.2012.00001
Frontiers in neuroengineering 5 (2012): P1
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1662-6443DOI
10.3389/fneng.2012.00001Funded by
This work was supported by MICINNBFU2009-08473, TIN-2010-19607, and IPT-2011-0727-020000.Editor's Version
http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneng.2012.00001Subjects
Anosmia; Artificial noses; Electronic noses; Map of human and machine olfaction; Olfaction; Olfactory dysfunction; Quality control of clinical olfactory tests; InformáticaNote
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© 2012 Yáñez, Toledano, Serrano, Martín De Rosales, Varona, RodríguezAbstract
Clinical olfactory tests are used to address hyposmia/anosmia levels in patients with different types of olfactory impairments. Typically, a given test is employed clinically and then replaced by a new one after a certain period of use which can range from days to several months. There is a need to assess control quality of these tests and also for a procedure to quantify their degradation over time. In this paper we propose a protocol to employ low-cost artificial noses for the quantitative characterization of olfactory tests used in clinical studies. In particular, we discuss a preliminary study on the Connecticut Chemosensorial Clinical Research Center Test kit which shows that some odorants, as sensed by an artificial nose, seem to degrade while others are potentiated as the test ages. We also discuss the need to establish a map of correspondence between human and machine olfaction when artificial noses are used to characterize or compare human smell performance in research and clinical studies.
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Google Scholar:Yáñez, David J.
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Toledano, Adolfo
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Serrano Jerez, Eduardo
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Martín de Rosales, Ana María
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Varona Martínez, Pablo
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Rodríguez Ortiz, Francisco Borja
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