Magnetic Sensors and Actuators in Medicine: Materials, Devices, and Applications provides an overview of the various sensors and actuators, their characteristics, role in the development of medical applications, the medical problems they solve, and future directions. The book brings together recent advances in the physics, chemistry and engineering of magnetic materials related to sensors and actuators that improve their functions in medical applications. The book describes the main applications of magnetic sensors and actuators, starting from the common and emerging magnetic materials, their principles of operation, the medical problems that they are used to address, and the latest achievements in the field.

• Reviews a wide range of magnetic sensors and actuators employed in medical applications such as diagnosis, surgery and therapy
• Describes magnetic material-based sensors and actuators, including their operation principles, properties and optimization for specific applications
• Includes examples of recent advances, such as emerging magnetic materials, magnetic nanowires, nanorods and/or nanotubes

1. Introduction2. Magnetic materials used in medical applications3. Magnetic materials-based medical devices for diagnosis, surgery and therapy4. Magnetic systems for control and manipulation of surgical instruments5. Magnetic field sensors in medical diagnosis6. Magnetically actuated systems for microfluidic applications7. Magnetic microactuators for displacing biological materials in implantable catheters8. Magnetic nanoparticles detection, manipulation and trapping; lab on chip devices9. Magnetic point-of-care systems for medical diagnosis10.Magnetic actuation of magnetic particles for medical therapies11. Magnetic sensors for evaluation of magnetic characteristics of nanoparticles12. Wireless power transfer technology for biomedical implants13. Magnetic nanowires/nanorods/nanotubes for medical sensing applications14. Magnetic microdevices for medical applications (micro-robots)