NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
J Breath Res. 2011 Sep;5(3):037111. doi: 10.1088/1752-7155/5/3/037111. Epub 2011 Sep 6.
Breath analysis techniques offer a potential revolution in health care diagnostics, especially if these techniques can be brought into standard use in the clinic and at home. The advent of microsensors combined with smart sensor system technology enables a new generation of sensor systems with significantly enhanced capabilities and minimal size, weight and power consumption. This paper discusses the microsensor/smart sensor system approach and provides a summary of efforts to migrate this technology into human health breath monitoring applications. First, the basic capability of this approach to measure exhaled breath associated with exercise physiology is demonstrated. Building from this foundation, the development of a system for a portable asthma home health care system is described. A solid-state nitric oxide (NO) sensor for asthma monitoring has been identified, and efforts are underway to miniaturize this NO sensor technology and integrate it into a smart sensor system. It is concluded that base platform microsensor technology combined with smart sensor systems can address the needs of a range of breath monitoring applications and enable new capabilities for healthcare.
呼气分析技术有望给医疗诊断带来一场革命，如果这些技术能在临床和家庭中得到标准应用的话。微传感器的出现与智能传感器系统技术相结合，使新一代传感器系统具有显著增强的功能，同时体积更小、重量更轻、功耗更低。本文讨论了微传感器/智能传感器系统的方法，并总结了将这项技术迁移到人体健康呼吸监测应用中的努力。首先，展示了这种方法测量与运动生理学相关的呼气的基本能力。在此基础上，描述了一种用于便携式哮喘家庭保健系统的系统的开发。已经确定了一种用于哮喘监测的固态一氧化氮（NO）传感器，目前正在努力将这项 NO 传感器技术小型化，并将其集成到智能传感器系统中。结论是，基础平台微传感器技术与智能传感器系统相结合，可以满足各种呼吸监测应用的需求，并为医疗保健带来新的功能。
