Magnetically levitated nano-robots: an application to visualization of nerve cells injuries.
This paper proposes a swarm of magnetically levitated nano-robots with high sensitivity nano-sensors as a mean to detect chemical sources, specifically the chemical signals released by injured nervous cells. In the aftermath of the process, further observation by these nano-robots would be used to monitor the healing process and assess the amount of regeneration, if any, or even the repair, of the injured nervous cells.
Lou
Mingji
M
Dept. of Electrical Engineering--Systems, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2563, USA mlou@usc.edu
Jonckheere
Edmond
E
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008280:Magnetics; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States