BioMEMS - Advancing the frontiers of medicine

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6077-6107

  James, Teena ^a,b   Mannoor, Manu Sebastian ^a,b   Ivanov, Dentcho V ^a,b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BioMEMS; Medical applications; Microtechnology

Indexed keywords

HIGH POTENTIAL; MEDICAL FIELDS; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BIOMEMS;

EID: 53349168631     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8096077     Document Type: Review

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