Title :
Biomagnetics in tissue engineering
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Potential applications of biomagnetics to tissue engineering are discussed. Research topics include the protection or recovery of injured neurons by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), magnetic manipulation of cells, magnetic orientation of adherent cells and acceleration of bone growth by static magnetic fields.
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; biological tissues; biomagnetism; bone; cellular biophysics; cellular effects of radiation; neurophysiology; radiation therapy; reviews; adherent cells; biomagnetics; bone growth acceleration; injured neuron recovery; injured neurons protection; interdisciplinary field; magnetic orientation; tissue engineering; transcranial magnetic stimulation; Biological materials; Biomagnetics; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Neurons; Paramagnetic materials; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Superconducting magnets; Tissue engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Engineering, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7557-2
DOI :
10.1109/MCTE.2002.1174987
