Title: Design and modelling PSA detection for prostate cancer using 8 × 8 sensor array

Authors: P. Vipeesh; N.J.R. Muniraj

Addresses: Karpagam University, Coimbatore 641021, India ' Tejaa Shakti College of Engineering for Women, Coimbatore 641659, India

Abstract: Prostate cancer is one of the major cancers affecting men in India. After lung cancer, prostate cancer has caused the largest number of deaths in India. Nanowire is used as biosensor for detection of cancers. In this paper, we present a design for a nanowire array sensor for prostate cancer detection. A sensor array of 8 × 8 elements is designed to capture the Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) present in the blood that helps in detecting the presence of prostate cancer. An experimental setup is developed using a biosensors lab from Nanohub.org. Based on the experimental setup, the nanowire sensor is characterised for PSA detection. The sensitivity of detection is increased by use of a sensor array.

Keywords: MRI; nanowires; PSA detection; prostate-specific antigen; deciliter; prostate cancer; modelling; nanotechnology; biosensors; cancer detection; sensor array design; sensor arrays.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2012.048822

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2012 Vol.9 No.3, pp.249 - 259

Published online: 12 Dec 2014 *

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