Detection of diverse mould species growing on building materials by gas sensor arrays and pattern recognition

This work explores the detection of moulds growing in different building materials by using a metal oxide sensor array. Four moulds species have been considered. Pattern classification provides detection rates on the order of 80-85% for different species. Drift degrades only slightly these values subsequent test 4 months later. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.