TY - GEN
T1 - Visual motion analysis of nanoplatforms flow under an external magnetic field
AU - Nakhmani, A.
AU - Etgar, L.
AU - Tannenbaum, A.
AU - Lifshitz, E.
AU - Tannenbaum, R.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We describe a visual tracking algorithm for nanoplat-form motion analysis, where computer vision and image processing techniques are used as the essential enabling tools for the modeling and design of nanostructure systems. The proposed algorithm robustly tracks multiple nanoplatforms despite their frequent disappearance, Brownian motion, and cluttered low contrast imagery. We have studied quantitative relationships between nano-platform sizes, fluid flow rate and viscosity, external magnetic field strength and their effects on the trajectories. With a visual analysis graphical user interface developed for this project, we have explored the nano-structures, consisting of fluorescent PbSe quantum dots coupled with magnetic γ- Fe2O3 nanoparticles in fluids mimicking the viscosity of the bloodstream. Based on the present work, it may be possible to develop nanoplatforms to be utilized for the simultaneous identification, mapping, targeting and destruction of cancer cells.
AB - We describe a visual tracking algorithm for nanoplat-form motion analysis, where computer vision and image processing techniques are used as the essential enabling tools for the modeling and design of nanostructure systems. The proposed algorithm robustly tracks multiple nanoplatforms despite their frequent disappearance, Brownian motion, and cluttered low contrast imagery. We have studied quantitative relationships between nano-platform sizes, fluid flow rate and viscosity, external magnetic field strength and their effects on the trajectories. With a visual analysis graphical user interface developed for this project, we have explored the nano-structures, consisting of fluorescent PbSe quantum dots coupled with magnetic γ- Fe2O3 nanoparticles in fluids mimicking the viscosity of the bloodstream. Based on the present work, it may be possible to develop nanoplatforms to be utilized for the simultaneous identification, mapping, targeting and destruction of cancer cells.
KW - Nanoplatforms
KW - Trajectory exploration
KW - Velocimetry
KW - Visual tracking
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AN - SCOPUS:78049445589
SN - 9781439834022
T3 - Nanotechnology 2010: Electronics, Devices, Fabrication, MEMS, Fluidics and Computational - Technical Proceedings of the 2010 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2010
SP - 504
EP - 507
BT - Nanotechnology 2010
T2 - Nanotechnology 2010: Electronics, Devices, Fabrication, MEMS, Fluidics and Computational - 2010 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2010
Y2 - 21 June 2010 through 24 June 2010
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