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Hélène Girouard
dblp:233/9579
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
0since 2021 · last 2012
—ORCID · unresolved
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1Systems, architecture and hardware · 1
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Robot navigation and mapping · 100% | |
| Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and emerging computing
1 paper |
Medical and health informatics · 100% |
Topics — the 2 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Robotics › Robot navigation and mapping › mobile robot navigation › micro-scale navigation
microrobot navigation |
0.1 | 1 | 2012 | Towards MR-navigable nanorobotic carriers for drug delivery into the brain · ICRA 2012 |
Medical and health informatics
drug delivery |
0.1 | 1 | 2012 | Towards MR-navigable nanorobotic carriers for drug delivery into the brain · ICRA 2012 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
hyperthermia · 0.3alternating magnetic field · 0.3MRI tracking · 0.3
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Towards MR-navigable nanorobotic carriers for drug delivery into the brainabstractMagnetic Resonance Navigation (MRN) relies on Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNPs) embedded in microcarriers or microrobots to allow the induction of a directional propelling force by 3-D magnetic gradients. These magnetic gradients are superposed on a sufficiently high homogeneous magnetic field (e.g. the Bo field of a MR scanner) to achieve maximum propelling force through magnetization saturation of the MNPs. As previously demonstrated by our group, such technique was successful at maintaining microcarriers along a planned trajectory in the blood vessels based on tracking information gathered using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) sequences from artifacts caused by the same MNPs. Besides propulsion and tracking, the same MNPs can be synthesized with characteristics that can allow for the diffusion of therapeutic cargo carried by these MR-navigable carriers through the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) using localized hyperthermia without compromising the MRN capabilities. In the present study, localized hyperthermia induced by an alternating magnetic field (AC field) is investigated for the purpose of transient controlled disruption of the BBB and hence local delivery of therapeutic agents into the brain. Here, an external heating apparatus was used to impose a regional heat shock on the skull of a living mouse model. The effect of heat on the permeability of the BBB was assessed using histological observation and tissue staining by Evans blue dye. Results show direct correlation between hyperthermia and BBB leakage as well as its recovery from thermal damage. Therefore, in addition to on-command propulsion and remote tracking, the proposed navigable agents could be suitable for controlled opening of the BBB by hyperthermia and selective brain drug delivery. Seyed Nasr Tabatabaei, Sonia Duchemin, Hélène Girouard, Sylvain Martel |
ICRA | 3 |