• DocumentCode
    3581818
  • Title

    A touch-communication model of targeted drug delivery

  • Author

    Chen, Y. ; Kosmas, P. ; Anwar, P.S. ; Huang, L.

  • Author_Institution
    South University of Science and Technology of China, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    528
  • Lastpage
    530
  • Abstract
    Current research in bioresorbable electronics and biodegradable bacteria has promised the prospect of realizing a transient microbot (TM) system for targeted drug delivery (TDD). We analyze the TDD process using a communication model, where the remote controllability and tangibility of TMs lead to a touch-communication (TouchCom) paradigm. We also define the metrics of path loss, angular spectrum, and delay spectrum under the TouchCom framework. Finally, we investigate simulation tools for the propagation and transient characteristics of TMs in the blood vessels, which can be employed to evaluate the overall TDD efficiency.
  • Keywords
    Bifurcation; Biomedical imaging; Blood; Decision support systems; Fractals; Microorganisms; Transient microbot; targeted drug delivery; touch communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference (APMC), 2014 Asia-Pacific
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7067827