Microscopy enables fast and effective diagnostics. However, its functionality is not accessible to everyone. Smartphone-based low-cost microscopes could be a powerful tool for diagnostics and educational purposes. Current smartphone-based microscopy approaches struggle with high cost, poor image quality and/or insufficient smartphone compatibility. In this paper, a very feasible and effective lowcost microscope is presented which addresses these issues. To minimize cost, a monolithic foldable structure is designed for production by injection molding. The design has a high order of functional integration, minimizing the number of components, while still enabling a micrometer focusing accuracy.
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%1 schafer2018smartphonebased
%A Schäfer, Max B.
%A Reichert, David
%A Stewart, Kent W.
%A Herkommer, Alois M.
%A Reichert, Carsten
%A Pott, Peter P.
%B Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
%D 2018
%I De Gruyter
%K imt injection-molding institut-für-medizingerätetechnik low-cost medizingerätetechnik microscope monolithic myown parallel-kinematics smartphone-camera-lens solid-state-hingesend:unibiblio
%N 1
%P 267-270
%R 10.1515/cdbme-2018-0065
%T Smartphone-based low-cost microscope with monolithic focusing mechanism
%U https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/cdbme.2018.4.issue-1/cdbme-2018-0065/cdbme-2018-0065.pdf
%V 4
%X Microscopy enables fast and effective diagnostics. However, its functionality is not accessible to everyone. Smartphone-based low-cost microscopes could be a powerful tool for diagnostics and educational purposes. Current smartphone-based microscopy approaches struggle with high cost, poor image quality and/or insufficient smartphone compatibility. In this paper, a very feasible and effective lowcost microscope is presented which addresses these issues. To minimize cost, a monolithic foldable structure is designed for production by injection molding. The design has a high order of functional integration, minimizing the number of components, while still enabling a micrometer focusing accuracy.
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abstract = {Microscopy enables fast and effective diagnostics. However, its functionality is not accessible to everyone. Smartphone-based low-cost microscopes could be a powerful tool for diagnostics and educational purposes. Current smartphone-based microscopy approaches struggle with high cost, poor image quality and/or insufficient smartphone compatibility. In this paper, a very feasible and effective lowcost microscope is presented which addresses these issues. To minimize cost, a monolithic foldable structure is designed for production by injection molding. The design has a high order of functional integration, minimizing the number of components, while still enabling a micrometer focusing accuracy.},
added-at = {2018-10-02T10:41:33.000+0200},
author = {Schäfer, Max B. and Reichert, David and Stewart, Kent W. and Herkommer, Alois M. and Reichert, Carsten and Pott, Peter P.},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/252c35831907faac01146a9dca0b37f49/maxschaefer},
booktitle = {Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering},
doi = {10.1515/cdbme-2018-0065},
eventdate = {26-28.09.2018},
eventtitle = {52nd DGBMT Annual Conference},
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keywords = {imt injection-molding institut-für-medizingerätetechnik low-cost medizingerätetechnik microscope monolithic myown parallel-kinematics smartphone-camera-lens solid-state-hingesend:unibiblio},
language = {english},
month = sep,
number = 1,
organization = {DGBMT},
pages = {267-270},
publisher = {De Gruyter},
timestamp = {2020-09-18T16:25:44.000+0200},
title = {Smartphone-based low-cost microscope with monolithic focusing mechanism},
url = {https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/cdbme.2018.4.issue-1/cdbme-2018-0065/cdbme-2018-0065.pdf},
venue = {Aachen},
volume = 4,
year = 2018
}
