Tumor targeting by computer controlled guidance of magnetotactic bacteria acting like autonomous microrobots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1304-1308

  Felfoul, Ouajdi ^a   Mohammadi, Mahmood ^a   Gaboury, Louis ^b   Martel, Sylvain ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL SOURCES; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; INTERNAL VESSELS; MAGNETIC COIL; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MICROROBOTS; MICROVASCULAR NETWORK; MOLECULAR MOTORS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SOLID TUMORS; SWIMMING VELOCITIES; TUMOR TARGETING; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS;

TUMORS;

EID: 84455192642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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