Preliminary investigation of the feasibility of magnetic propulsion for future microdevices in blood vessels

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-374

  Mathieu, Jean Baptiste ^a   Martel, Sylvain ^a   Yahia, L'Hocine ^a   Soulez, Gilles ^b   Beaudoin, Gilles ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic propulsion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microdevice

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARCYLIC BONE CEMENTS; CLINICAL MANIFESTATION; WEIBULL RELATIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICE; FORCE; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MAGNETICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MINIATURIZATION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 24944452593     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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