Sensors detect flu in feverless patients

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201306010011

Professor Takemi Matsui of Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a sensor based system to determine if a person is infected with the flu.  It combines thermography to monitor facial temperature, an optical sensor to count pulse rates, and microwave radar to measure respiratory rates.

Test subjects must place the palms of their hands on a screen, and results are received in 5-10 seconds. Researchers claim that the system can detect influenza sufferers with an accuracy rate of 85 percent, and healthy subjects at a rate of 90 percent.

We hope and assume that a cleaning/sterilization system is in place, ensuring that disease is not spread through the administration of the test.


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