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Metrology to support therapeutic and diagnostic techniques based on electromagnetics and nanomagnetics

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This paper presents an overview of the recent research activities carried on at INRIM in the field of metrology for healthcare, aiming at supporting therapeutic and diagnostic techniques based on electromagnetics and nanomagnetics. Attention is here specifically focused on three research topics, respectively related to electromagnetic dosimetry for MR-safety, production and characterization of magnetic Ni80Fe20 nanodisks for biomedical applications and development of modeling tools to support the design of novel biosensors.

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Acknowledgments

The research activities here described were developed under two Joint Research Projects (JRP) of the European Metrology Research Programme: EMRP-HLT06 “Metrology for next-generation safety standards and equipment in MRI” (2012–2015) and EMRP-IND08 “Metrology for advanced industrial magnetics—MetMags” (2011–2014). EMRP is jointly funded by the EMRP participating countries within EURAMET and the European Union. Funding was also received from the Italian MIUR project P7 “Metrology for therapeutic and diagnostic techniques based on electromagnetic radiation and ultrasound waves” (2014–2016).

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  1. Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, 10135, Turin, Italy

    Gabriele Barrera, Michele Borsero, Oriano Bottauscio, Federica Celegato, Marco Coïsson, Domenico Giordano, Massimo Inguscio, Alessandra Manzin, Enrico Simonetto, Paola Tiberto & Luca Zilberti

  2. Dipartimento Energia, Politecnico di Torino, 10129, Turin, Italy

    Mario Chiampi

  3. Dip. Chimica Università di Torino, 10125, Turin, Italy

    Gabriele Barrera

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Barrera, G., Borsero, M., Bottauscio, O. et al. Metrology to support therapeutic and diagnostic techniques based on electromagnetics and nanomagnetics. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 26 (Suppl 2), 245–254 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-015-0386-5

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