Modeled current distribution inside the normal and malignant human urothelium using finite element analysis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 733-738

  Keshtkar, Ahmad ^a,b   Keshtkar, Asghar ^a,b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Current distribution; Finite element analysis (FEA); Normal and malignant bladder tissue

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE;

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; INJECTED CURRENT FLOWS; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SURFACE FLUID; TISSUE LIQUIDS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLADDER; CELL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; SPECTROSCOPY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 38349047889     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.905398     Document Type: Article

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