Title
Self-Regulated and Co-ordinated Smart Tumor Homing for Complex Vascular Networks
Abstract
Inspired by the collaborative movements of the living cells in different natural biological processes, this paper highlights a self-regulated and co-ordinated targeting strategy to detect tumor in complex human vasculature. We show by computational experiments that simple and non-centralized nanoparticles with limited locomotive capability, when they collaborate and move in the form of groups, can be very robust in the tumor homing process. Once reaching tumor location, such nanoparticles (potential contrast agents) can deposit themselves on tumor through the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect thereby making the malignant cancerous area more prominent. Hence, existing medical imaging techniques with limited resolution can be used to detect small malignant tumors. We believe that our work will help in early cancer detection through an independent, non-centralized and self-controlled system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176014
2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Early Detection of Cancer,Humans,Nanoparticles,Neoplasms,Permeability
Conference
2020
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2375-7477
978-1-7281-1991-5
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Muhammad Ali102.03
Neda Sharifi201.69
Nicholas McGrath300.34
Michael J Cree400.34
yifan chen5199.10