Microwave breast tumor sensing and targeting using multiswarm contrast-agent-loaded bacterial nanorobots

Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA'12

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 27-30

  Chen, Y ^a   Kosmas, P ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CONTRAST AGENT; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN BREAST; MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MULTI-SWARMS; NANOROBOTS; NOVEL STRATEGIES;

BIOMAGNETISM; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NANOROBOTICS; TISSUE;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 84868270280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEAA.2012.6328579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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