Experimental study on irreversible electrical breakdown of tumor cell under steep pulsed electric fields

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1675-1676

  Sun, Caixin ^a,b   Yao, Chenguo ^a,b   Mi, Yan ^a,b   Xiong, Lan ^a,b   Liao, Ruijin ^a,b   Hu, Lina ^c   Hu, Ya ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Irreversible electrical breakdown; Steep pulsed electric fields; Tumor cell

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWELLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMORS;

ELECTROPORATION; INVERTED PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; KARYOTHECA; STEEP PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; TUMOR CELL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036916262     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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