Distributions of the potential and electric field of an electrode elliptic array used in tumor electrotherapy: Analytical and numerical solutions

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2091-2105

  Aguilera, Andrés Ramírez ^a   Cabrales, Luis Enrique Bergues ^b   Ciria, Héctor Manuel Camué ^b   Pérez, Yudelmis Soler ^c   Oria, Eduardo Roca ^c   Brooks, Soraida Acosta ^d   González, Tamara Rubio ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

^b Centro Nacional de Electromagnetismo Aplicado   (Cuba)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales   (Cuba)

^d Hospital Provincial Docente Saturnino Lora   (Cuba)

^e Direccion Municipal de Salud Publica   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Analytical and numerical solutions; Electric field; Electrode array; Electrotherapy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; ERROR CORRECTION; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; TUMORS;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; CANCER TREATMENTS; CIRCULAR ARRAYS; CLINICAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC FIELD MAGNITUDES; ELECTRODE ARRAY; ELECTROTHERAPY; ELLIPSOIDAL GEOMETRIES; ELLIPTIC SHAPES; FINITE DIFFERENCES; FIRST ORDERS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES; MULTIPOLE EXPANSIONS; RAPID DESIGNS; ROOT-MEANS-SQUARE ERRORS; SOLID TUMORS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 61449212833     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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