Microscale hydrogel-based computer-triggered polymorphic microrobots for operations in the vascular network

2010 3rd IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 407-412

  Tabatabaei, Seyed Nasr ^a   Lapointe, Jacinthe ^a   Martel, Sylvain ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC GRADIENT FIELD; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MEDICAL INTERVENTION; MICRO-SCALE ROBOTS; MICRO-SCALES; MICROROBOTS; MRI SCANNERS; TEMPERATURE ELEVATION; THERMO-SENSITIVE HYDROGEL; VASCULAR NETWORK;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HYDROGELS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOPARTICLES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SCANNING;

NANOMAGNETICS;

EID: 78650327916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2010.5627785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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