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Steering of Magnetic Devices With a Magnetic Particle Imaging System
Abstract:
Small magnetic devices have been steered in arbitrary direction and with variable force using a preclinical demonstrator system for magnetic particle imaging (MPI). Fast localization due to the high imaging rate of over 40 volumes/s and strong forces due to the high field gradient of more than 1 T/m render an MPI system, a good platform for image-guided steering of magnetic devices. In this paper, these capabilities are demonstrated in phantom experiments, where a closed feedback loop has been realized to exert translational forces in horizontal and vertical direction on a magnetic device moving in a viscous medium. The MPI system allows for the controlled application of those forces by combining variable homogeneous fields with strong field gradients.
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