Journal article
Magnetic manipulation instrumentation for medical physics research
Review of scientific instruments, Vol.65(3), pp.533-562
03/1994
DOI: 10.1063/1.1145242
Abstract
The noncontact magnetic manipulation of probe masses within the body is an area of research that has received substantial attention from the medical physics community, especially during the past three decades. The therapeutic and diagnostic possibilities arising from such technology include site‐specific drug delivery within the central nervous system, advancement of techniques for navigation and selective catheterization of vessels within the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, and the nonsurgical exploration of the alimentary and respiratory tracts. In this review, we examine the physical principles underlying in
vivo magnetic manipulation systems, and catalog the various types of instrumentation used for such purposes to date. Thereafter, we evaluate the different methods of image‐based localization used to identify the position of the probe within the body. Finally, we appraise an emerging technology known as nonlinear magnetic stereotaxis, a technique that permits minimally invasive access to difficult‐to‐approach parts of the brain. We close the review with a few comments on the directions for future work within this field.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Magnetic manipulation instrumentation for medical physics research
- Creators
- G. T Gillies - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Box 377, Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908R. C Ritter - Department of Physics, J. W. Beams Laboratory of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901W. C Broaddus - Division of Neurosurgery, Box 631, MCV Station, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23298M. S Grady - Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104M. A Howard - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242‐1086R. G McNeil - Stereotaxis, Inc., 2730 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200, Menlo Park, California 94025
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Review of scientific instruments, Vol.65(3), pp.533-562
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1145242
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
- eISSN
- 1089-7623
- Number of pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1994
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Neurology; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020745802771
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