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Feasibility study for radiation therapy using nano-robotics incorporated with three-dimensional (3D) printing

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The nanoscale robot is investigated for the radiation therapy in the human body. Newly developed nanorobot-used radiation technology could give the enhanced cancer treatment for patient cure. This skill gives the next step of nanorobot technology in this the versatile manipulation of nanorobot in the therapy. There are three kinds of technologies applied to this work as radiation beam (nanoscopic molecular technology), tadpole mimicked movement (biomechanical technology), and sensing communication (information communication technology). Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology is also suggested for the mass productions of the robots. The radiation simulation shows the highest peak around 35 μm for ion range and ionization. The moving method of the nanorobot is done as the tadpole mimicked motion. The sensing technology is done as the CMOS technology for imaging processing. The tiny manufacturing for the fabrication is performed by the 3D printing technology, because the mass productions of the nanorobot could be accomplished by the mechanical printing technology. The radiation therapy is modeled for the lung cancer. This work shows the possibility of the very effective radiation therapy in near future.

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Woo, T.H. Feasibility study for radiation therapy using nano-robotics incorporated with three-dimensional (3D) printing. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 27, 721–728 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-016-0559-x

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