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Magnetically levitated nano-robots: an application to visualization of nerve cells injuries
Mingji Lou1, Edmond Jonckheere
1Dept. of Electrical Engineering--Systems, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2563, USA mlou@usc.edu
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|March 23, 2007
Abstract:
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.
