Nanotechnology Enabled In situ Sensors for Monitoring Health

Nanotechnology is being used at an unprecedented pace to both diagnose and treat diseases. This book details research to design sensors based on nanotechnology that can be placed into the body to monitor health.

Nanotechnologies are now being applied to health monitoring. Until recently, there has been little research into how to use nanotechnology and sensors in health monitoring. Nanotechnology Enabled In Situ Sensors for Monitoring Health summarizes the research efforts to design sensors based on nanotechnology that can be placed into the body to monitor health. Nanotechnology is being used at an unprecedented pace to both diagnose and treat diseases, rather than conventional approaches that diagnose and treat diseases in a different manner.

Discusses how In situ nanosensors can be used in the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases such as cancer, orthopedic problems, diabetes, etc Compares traditional approaches to monitoring health such as imaging and invasive procedures with the use of In situ nanosensors Examines the role of In situ nanosensors in areas like orthopedic implants, monitoring inflammation and infection, neurological applications and monitoring diabetes Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Until recently, there has been little research into how to use nanotechnology and sensors in health monitoring. Nanotechnology Enabled In Situ Sensors for Monitoring Health is written to coalesce research efforts to design sensors based on nanotechnology that can be placed into the body to monitor health. Nanotechnology is being used at an unprecedented pace to both diagnose and treat diseases, rather than conventional approaches which diagnose and treat diseases in a different manner.

Drawing upon the collective knowledge of renowned experts, Thomas Webster has assembled a wide-ranging treatise that includes:

• Nanotechnology for cancer sensing and treatment
• Monitoring tissue healing through nano sensors
• Monitoring inflammation and infection via implanted nano sensors
• DNA based nanotechnology biosensors for surgical diagnosis

• Carbon nanotube based orthopedic implant sensors Nanotechnology Enabled In Situ Sensors for Monitoring Health is a must-have for medical researchers, biomedical engineers and surgeons seeking a comprehensive overview of this important subject and examples of how In Situ sensors are being used in the diagnosis and monitoring diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and orthopedic problems.

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Carbon nanotube based orthopedic implant sensors.- Monitoring bone healing through nanosensors.- Intelligent orthopedic implant sensors based on nanotechnology.- In situ sensors using nanotechnology for anti-infection applications.- Contact lens nanosensors for diabetes.- In situ diabetic sensors designed by nanotechnology.- Monitoring inflammation and infection via implanted nanosensors.- Brain nanotechnology derived self-adapting sensors.- Implanted neural sensors for neurological applications.- Use of nanoporous membranes for in situ sensors.- The future of nanotechnology-based in situ sensors.