DocumentCode
1144893
Title
Characterization of Bougienage Electromagnetic Forces
Author
Takayasu, Makoto ; Montgomery, D. Bruce ; Minervini, Joseph V.
Author_Institution
Plasma Sci. & Fusion Center, Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Volume
18
Issue
2
fYear
2008
fDate
6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
891
Lastpage
895
Abstract
Infants born with esophageal atresia can be treated by an electromagnetic bougienage method to lengthen the esophageal segments. This method uses magnetic forces generated between magnetic bullets (bougies) by a background magnetic field. Two types of bougies, solid rounded rod and hollow cylinder bullets, have been characterized using a fabricated prototype bougienage magnet. Analytical methods have been developed to obtain the magnetic forces on bougienage bullets. The calculation results were confirmed to agree well with the experimental results.
Keywords
biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; electromagnetic forces; force measurement; patient treatment; bougienage electromagnetic forces; esophageal atresia; hollow cylinder bullets; magnetic bullets; magnetic field; solid rounded rod; Electromagnetic forces; force measurement; magnetic force; medical treatment;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1051-8223
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TASC.2008.921236
Filename
4497944
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