Finite-Element Modeling of Needle Electrodes in Tissue From the Perspective of Frequent Model Computation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1221-1232

  Šel, Davorka ^a   Mazeres, Serge ^b   Teissie, Justin ^b   Miklavčič, Damijan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Model validation; Needle electrodes; Tissue permeabilization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GELS; TISSUE;

HETEROGENEOUS TISSUES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEEDLE; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242300788     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.818466     Document Type: Article

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