TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnets in medicine
AU - Riley, Melissa
AU - Walmsley, Anthony
AU - Speight, John
AU - Harris, Ivor
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - As permanent magnet materials have developed, attempts have been made to take advantage of their improved properties in medical applications. Uses of magnets in medical applications range from their simple use for retention, through orthopaedics and fracture healing, to magnetomotive artificial hearts and pioneering brain surgery, where magnets are used to guide catheters. Magnets also find use in applications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners and drug delivery systems. This overview, based on an extensive review of the literature, chronicles the development of magnets in medicine and summarises areas where future research will be beneficial.
AB - As permanent magnet materials have developed, attempts have been made to take advantage of their improved properties in medical applications. Uses of magnets in medical applications range from their simple use for retention, through orthopaedics and fracture healing, to magnetomotive artificial hearts and pioneering brain surgery, where magnets are used to guide catheters. Magnets also find use in applications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners and drug delivery systems. This overview, based on an extensive review of the literature, chronicles the development of magnets in medicine and summarises areas where future research will be beneficial.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036172121&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1179/026708301125000140
DO - 10.1179/026708301125000140
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-2847
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Materials Science and Technology
JF - Materials Science and Technology
IS - 1
ER -