A Microfluidic Cytometer for Complete Blood Count With a 3.2-Megapixel, 1.1- μm-Pitch Super-Resolution Image Sensor in 65-nm BSI CMOS

IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2017 Aug;11(4):794-803. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2017.2697451. Epub 2017 Jul 18.

Abstract

Based on a 3.2-Megapixel 1.1- μm-pitch super-resolution (SR) CMOS image sensor in a 65-nm backside-illumination process, a lens-free microfluidic cytometer for complete blood count (CBC) is demonstrated in this paper. Backside-illumination improves resolution and contrast at the device level with elimination of surface treatment when integrated with microfluidic channels. A single-frame machine-learning-based SR processing is further realized at system level for resolution correction with minimum hardware resources. The demonstrated microfluidic cytometer can detect the platelet cells (< 2 μm) required in CBC, hence is promising for point-of-care diagnostics.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Cell Count / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning
  • Microfluidics / instrumentation*
  • Point-of-Care Testing