Table 1.

Different sensor types corresponding to their use in detection of select diseases²²

Sensor type	Diseases
CBPC	Lung cancer, COPD, asthma, sleep apnoea, cystic fibrosis
MO	Lung cancer, COPD, asthma, TB
SWNTs	Lung cancer, TB
MCMNPs	Lung cancer, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), TB
SiNW FET	Lung cancer
QMB	Lung cancer, COPD
Colourimetric	Lung cancer, PAH

Abbreviations: CBPC, carbon black polymer composite; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MCMNPs, monolayer-capped metal-coated nanoparticles; MO, metal oxide; QMB, quartz microbalance; SiNW FET, silicon nanowire field effect transistors; SWNTs, single-walled carbon nanotubes; TB, tuberculosis.