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The “Olfactory Fingerprint”: Can Diagnostics Be Improved by Combining Canine and Digital Noses? by Giuseppe Lippi; Liam M. Heaney is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract A sniffer (detecting) dog is conventionally defined as an animal trained to use its olfactory perceptions for detecting a vast array of substances, mostly volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including those exceptionally or exclusively generated in humans bearing specific pathologies. Such an extraordinary sniffing performance translates into the capability of detecting compounds close to the femtomolar level, with performance comparable to that of current mass spectrometry-based laboratory applications. Not only can dogs accurately detect “abnormal volatilomes” reflecting something wrong happening to their owners, but they can also perceive visual, vocal and behavioral signals, which altogether would contribute to raise their alertness. Although it seems reasonable to conclude that sniffer dogs could never be considered absolutely “diagnostic” for a given disorder, several lines of evidence attest that they may serve as efficient screening aids for many pathological conditions affecting their human companions. Favorable results have been obtained in trials on cancers, diabetes, seizures, narcolepsy and migraine, whilst interesting evidence is also emerging on the capabi
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- Author
- Giuseppe Lippi; Liam M. Heaney
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)