Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine

Materials, Devices, and Applications

Horia Chiriac, Nicoleta Lupu

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9780128232941
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128236000
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine: Materials, Devices, and Applications provides an overview of the various sensors and actuators, their characteristics, role in the development of medical applications, the medical problems they solve, and future directions. The book brings together recent advances in the physics, chemistry and engineering of magnetic materials related to sensors and actuators that improve their functions in medical applications. The book describes the main applications of magnetic sensors and actuators, starting from the common and emerging magnetic materials, their principles of operation, the medical problems that they are used to address, and the latest achievements in the field. - Reviews a wide range of magnetic sensors and actuators employed in medical applications such as diagnosis, surgery and therapy - Describes magnetic material-based sensors and actuators, including their operation principles, properties and optimization for specific applications - Includes examples of recent advances, such as emerging magnetic materials, magnetic nanowires, nanorods and/or nanotubes

Table of contents

• Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine
• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• List of contributors
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Magnetic sensors for diagnosis and healthcare applications
• 3 Magnetic materials-based medical devices for diagnosis, surgery, and therapy
• 4 Magnetic actuated endoscope systems for surgical applications
• 5 Magnetically actuated systems for microfluidic applications
• 6 Magnetic microactuators for self-clearing implantable catheters
• 7 Magnetic point-of-care systems for medical diagnosis
• 8 Magnetic hyperthermia
• 9 Magneto-mechanical actuation of magnetic particles for cancer therapy
• 10 Magnetic particles for drug delivery
• 11 Wireless power transfer technology for biomedical implants
• 12 Magnetic one-dimensional nanostructures for medical sensing applications
• 13 Magnetic micro-robots for medical applications
• 14 Magnetic sensors for regenerative medicine
• Index
• Index - Continued