In vivo 3-D distributions of electric fields in pig skin with rectangular pulse electrical current stimulation (RPECS)

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-262

  Cheng, K ^a,c   Tarjan, P P ^a   Thio, Y C ^b   Mertz, P M ^c  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Perpendicular field; Pig model; RPECS; Tangential field; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAMMALS;

DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; IN-VIVO; PERPENDICULAR FIELD; PIG MODEL; PIG SKIN; RECTANGULAR PULSE; RECTANGULAR PULSE ELECTRICAL CURRENT STIMULATION; TANGENTIAL FIELD; WOUND HEALING;

ELECTRODES;

MUS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030341293     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:4<253::AID-BEM1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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