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LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 121-126Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01822.x
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electronic nose; fast diagnosis; identification; pathogens; pattern recognition
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Aims: To evaluate the electronic nose (EN) as method for the identification of ten clinically important micro-organisms. Methods and Results: A commercial EN system with a series of ten metal oxide sensors was used to characterize the headspace of the cultured organisms. The measurement procedure was optimized to obtain reproducible results. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) and a k-nearest neighbour (k-NN) algorithm in combination with a feature selection technique were used as pattern recognition tools. Hundred percent correct identification can be achieved by EN technology, provided that sufficient attention is paid to data handling. Conclusions: Even for a set containing a number of closely related species in addition to four unrelated organisms, an EN is capable of 100% correct identification. Significance and Impact of the Study: The time between isolation and identification of the sample can be dramatically reduced to 17 h.
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