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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2015 by the
- ISSN
- 2364-5504
- eISSN
- 2364-5504
- DOI
- 10.1515/cdbme-2015-0001
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Abstract Since 2005, Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is handled as a key technology with great potential in medical applications as an imaging method ( 1 ). The superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) which are already used as a tracer in MPI, combined with various polymers, are being investigated in order to enhance this potential. A combination of polymers such as polyethylene (PE) and polyurethane (PU) and SPIONs could be used as a coating for medical devices, or added to semi-rigid polyurethane for the production of surgical instruments ( 2 ). This would be of great interest, since the method provides high sensitivity with simultaneous high spatial resolution and three-dimensional imaging in real time. Therefore various superparamagnetic coatings were developed, tested and characterized. Finally SPIONs and various polymers were combined directly and used for MPI-compatible models.
Journal
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering – de Gruyter
Published: Sep 1, 2015