Effect of the chain of magnetosomes embedded in magnetotactic bacteria and their motility on magnetic resonance imaging

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4367-4370

  Felfoul, Ouajdi ^a   Mokrani, Nisryn ^a   Mohammadi, Mahmood ^a   Martel, Sylvain ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; CELL BODIES; ECHO TIME; IMAGING CONTRAST; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MONOEXPONENTIAL DECAY; MULTIPLE-ECHO; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; THERAPEUTIC DRUG DELIVERY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CURVE FITTING; DRUG DELIVERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; RESONANCE;

NANOMAGNETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650841456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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