Use of conductive gels for electric field homogenization increases the antitumor efficacy of electroporation therapies

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6605-6618

  Ivorra, Antoni ^a   Al Sakere, Bassim ^b,c   Rubinsky, Boris ^a,d   Mir, Lluis M ^b,c  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GELATION; GELS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE; TUMORS;

ANTITUMOR EFFICACIES; CONDUCTIVE GELS; CURRENT ELECTRODES; DEAD SPACES; ELECTRICAL FIELDS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD HOMOGENEITIES; FIELD MAGNITUDES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATIONS; GENE THERAPIES; HIGH VOLTAGE PULSES; HOMOGENEOUS ELECTRIC FIELDS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; PLATE ELECTRODES; TISSUE ABLATIONS; TISSUE STRUCTURES;

DRUG THERAPY;

BLEOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SARCOMA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GELS; MICE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149235046     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/22/020     Document Type: Article

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