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Microrobot manipulation and ultrasound imaging
We want to expand the use of acoustic microrobots for biomedical applications by studying their manipulation in 3D environments and their simultaneous real time tracking using non-invasive ultrasound imaging.
Keywords: Microrobots, Ultrasounds, 3D manipulation, Imaging
This project will study the acoustic manipulation of bubble based microrobots in 3D microfluidic channels and the corresponding imaging using ultrasound techniques.
This project will study the acoustic manipulation of bubble based microrobots in 3D microfluidic channels and the corresponding imaging using ultrasound techniques.
The goal of this project is to analyze the performance of acoustic microswarms as drug delivery carriers. We want to characterize the scale up of this system to more complex 3D environment, and to combine it with real time ultrasound imaging.
- First, a set-up to bring ultrasound imaging to a 3D channel will be designed
- Initial experiments will be performed to analyze the efficiency of microrobot actuation when inside an arbitrary 3D vasculature.
- Microrobots will be visualized with 2-photon microscope and ultrasound imaging.
- Experiments will be performed in different physiological conditions: blood, flow rates, pulsatile flow profiles, to study the efficiency of the system.
- As final step, microro bots will be manipulated in ex-vivo arteries, to prove the translation of the system to real applications.
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Background in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related fields
Independent student with critical thinking and problem solving skills
Can gather data from experiments and present them hem using different charts such as boxplot and scatter plots
The goal of this project is to analyze the performance of acoustic microswarms as drug delivery carriers. We want to characterize the scale up of this system to more complex 3D environment, and to combine it with real time ultrasound imaging.
- First, a set-up to bring ultrasound imaging to a 3D channel will be designed - Initial experiments will be performed to analyze the efficiency of microrobot actuation when inside an arbitrary 3D vasculature. - Microrobots will be visualized with 2-photon microscope and ultrasound imaging. - Experiments will be performed in different physiological conditions: blood, flow rates, pulsatile flow profiles, to study the efficiency of the system. - As final step, microro bots will be manipulated in ex-vivo arteries, to prove the translation of the system to real applications.
Your Profile
Background in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related fields
Independent student with critical thinking and problem solving skills
Can gather data from experiments and present them hem using different charts such as boxplot and scatter plots
Alexia Del Campo (afonseca@student.ethz.ch) Acoustic Robotics Systems Lab. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). RSA G 324, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland. Website: https://arsl.ethz.ch/
Alexia Del Campo (afonseca@student.ethz.ch) Acoustic Robotics Systems Lab. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). RSA G 324, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland. Website: https://arsl.ethz.ch/