Magnetic nanoparticle heating and heat transfer on a microscale: Basic principles, realities and physical limitations of hyperthermia for tumour therapy

Figures & data

Figure 1. Comparison of the normalised minor loops for mobile MNPs (fluid), immobilised MNPs (gelatine), and MNPs inside the tumour (tumour) at a magnetic field amplitude of 25 kA/m measured under quasi static conditions, (from [35], with permission from IoP).

Figure 2. Initial temporal development of the spatial dependence of temperature elevation around a spherical region of heat generation; radius of the heat generation zone 3.15 mm.

Figure 3. SHP demand in dependence on tumour size to realise a temperature increase of 15 K for different MNP concentrations in the tumour tissue. (Data partially taken from [104], with permission from Elsevier).

Figure 4. SHP demand in dependence on MNP concentration in the tumour tissue for heating of small biological objects about 5 K. (Data partially taken from [104], with permission from Elsevier).