Towards a single shot holographic diagnosis of Schistosomiasis haematobium

Large scale, highly sensitive and specific diagnostic tools are needed to eliminate the transmission of schistosomiasis. This report expands upon the novel approach from M. Hoeboer and P.M. Nijman. Their Smart Optical Diagnostic Of Schistosomiasis device (SODOS), combining the principles of flow cytometry and digital holography, was able to...

Building creative capacity: bridging the gap between social businesses and young professionals in Kenya

This report describes the results of a thesis commissioned by Proportion, a global design agency, situated in Amsterdam. Proportion aims to innovate for social impact by applying the human-centred design approach to current problems in society (proportion.global). One of the challenges Proportion wants to tackle is youth unemployment in Kenya....

Digital holography integrated with flow cytometry for detection of urinary schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis is an intravascular infection with major public health consequences in developing countries. It is one of the major Neglected Tropical Diseases with more than 240 million people infected and 800 million people at risk in 2015, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by trematode parasites of the genus Schistosoma, in this...

Development towards a robust low-cost Fourier Ptychographic microscope: For the detection of malaria parasites

This thesis discusses developments towards a low-cost Fourier Ptychographic microscope for label free imaging of malaria parasites.<br/>A review of the morphology and life cycle of malaria and the main diagnostic methods for its detection is followed by an introduction to Fourier Ptychography with emphasis on the underlying imaging principles...

Designing a test set-up to measure electrosurgical parameters: In Search of Design Requirements for an Electrosurgical Unit for Low-and-Middle Income Countries

Safe surgical and anesthetic care is not available to 5 billion people worldwide. Many problems that are encountered when providing surgical care are related to surgical equipment. A lot of surgical equipment is designed for the use in High-Income Countries (HICs) and not specifically for Low-and-Middle Income countries (LMICs). One appliance,...