Pulse Generators for Pulsed Electric Field Exposure of Biological Cells and Tissues

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 820-825

  Behrend, Matthew ^a   Kuthi, Andras ^a   Gu, Xianyue ^a   Vernier, P Thomas ^a   Marcu, Laura ^a   Craft, Cheryl M ^a   Gundersen, Martin A ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Blumlein; Electric field; Electroperturbation; Fluorescence microscopy; Nanosecond; NsPEF; Phospholipid inversion; Pulse forming network; Pulse generator; Pulsed electric field; Real time; Ultrashort

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ENZYMES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOSFET DEVICES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PULSE GENERATORS; TISSUE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ELECTROPERTURBATION;

CELLS;

EID: 0141712319     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1237331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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