Woodhead Publishing Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine: Materials, Devices, and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)

Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine: Materials, Devices, and Applications provides an overview of the various sensors and actuators, their characteristics, role in the development of medical applications, the medical problems they solve, and future directions. The book brings together recent advances in the physics, chemistry and engineering of magnetic materials related to sensors and actuators that improve their functions in medical applications. The book describes the main applications of magnetic sensors and actuators, starting from the common and emerging magnetic materials, their principles of operation, the medical problems that they are used to address, and the latest achievements in the field. Review Provides a key review of the recent achievements of magnetic materials to enable sensors and actuators for medical applications From the Back Cover Magnetic sensors and actuators play a very important role in medical procedures, treatments, and therapies. The development of these technologies is often facilitated by the need to improve outcomes in medicine. The emergence of new materials have enabled their direct use in medical applications for diagnosis, treatment and therapeutic actions.<br><br><i>Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine</i> provides an overview of the various sensors and actuators and their characteristics to their roles in the development of medical applications, the medical problems they solve, and the future directions these technologies may take.<br><br>The book will bring together recent advances in the physics, chemistry and engineering of magnetic materials related to sensors and actuators that improve their functions in medical applications, by considering the nature and specificity of the medical processes of interest. The book describes the main applications of magnetic sensors and actuators starting from the common and emerging magnetic materials, their principles of operation, the medical problems that they are used to address, and the latest achievements in the field.<br><br><i>Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine</i> is suitable for materials scientists, engineers, physicists and chemists. About the Author Horia Chiriac received the BSc and PhD degrees in Physics from the “Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. Currently he is Senior Scientist and group leader at NIRDTP Iasi. His main research topics are preparation, characterization and applications of magnetic materials (amorphous and nanocrystalline ribbons, wires and glass covered wires, thin films and powders), including the correlation between preparation and magnetic properties, theoretical models for explanation of magnetization processes, magnetoelastic properties and new magnetic phenomena. His most recent application area is focused on the development of novel sensing devices for various industrial and medical applications. His interest in medical applications includes, sensors, magnetic hyperthermia, magneto-mechanic cancer therapy, magnetically assisted stem cell therapy and drug delivery. Prof. Chiriac has published more than 475 ISI papers, 9 book chapters and one monograph in Progress in Materials Science. Nicoleta Lupu received the Diploma Engineering degree in Technical Physics from the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania in 1996, and the MSc degree in Physics of Thin Films and PhD degree in Physics from the same University in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Currently she is Director of the NIRDTP Iasi, Romania. Her main research topics are: (i) production and characterization of amorphous and nanostructured metallic alloys, mainly bulk amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetic materials with soft and hard magnetic properties; (ii) theoretical studies on the correlation between the preparation conditions of disordered materials and their magnetic properties; (iii) magnetoelastic materials and their applications in sensors and trans