MRI-based medical nanorobotic platform for the control of magnetic nanoparticles and flagellated bacteria for target interventions in human capillaries

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1169-1182

  Martel, Sylvain ^a   Felfoul, Ouajdi ^a   Mathieu, Jean Baptiste ^a   Chanu, Arnaud ^a   Tamaz, Samer ^a   Mohammadi, Mahmood ^a   Mankiewicz, Martin ^a   Tabatabaei, Nasr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Blood vessels; Medical robotics; MRI; Nanorobots; Target chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MANIPULATORS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; NANOROBOTICS; NANOROBOTS; REAL TIME CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

FLAGELLATED BACTERIA; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MEDICAL NANOROBOTICS; SOFTWARE AND HARDWARES; TARGET CHEMOTHERAPIES; TARGETING EFFICACIES; THERAPEUTIC AGENTS;

MEDICAL ROBOTICS;

EID: 69249143653     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364908104855     Document Type: Article

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