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ArticleAPL bioengineering2019

Magnetic localization and control of helical robots for clearing superficial blood clots.

Islam S M Khalil, Alaa Adel, Dalia Mahdy, Mina M Micheal, Mohanad Mansour, Nabila Hamdi, Sarthak Misra

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Article in APL bioengineering, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Magnetic Microrobots as a Platform for Cell Clean Up.... International Conference on Manipulation Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS). International Conference on Manipulation Automation and Robotics at Small Scales · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Islam S M KhalilDepartment of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-088X
Alaa AdelDepartment of Mechatronics Engineering, The German University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Dalia MahdyDepartment of Mechatronics Engineering, The German University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Mina M MichealDepartment of Mechatronics Engineering, The German University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9265-0793
Mohanad MansourDepartment of Mechatronics Engineering, The German University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Nabila HamdiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The German University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work presents an approach for the localization and control of helical robots during removal of superficial blood clots inside

Identifiers

PMID31531411
PMCPMC6735531

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