Simulations of magnetic capturing of drug carriers in the brain vascular system

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-75

  Kenjeres S ^a   Righolt, B W ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Brain vascular system; Magnetic drug targeting; Magnetisation force

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; ARTERIAL WALL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW PATTERNS; BRAIN TUMOURS; DOUBLE LAYERS; DRUG CARRIER; LAGRANGIAN TRACKING; MAGNETIC DRUG CARRIERS; MAGNETIC DRUG TARGETING; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; MRI SCAN; NO-SLIP BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NUMERICAL MESHES; PARTICLE DEPOSITION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; VASCULAR SYSTEM; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY; HEMODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 84862327030     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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