Towards solid tumor treatment by nanosecond pulsed electric fields

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-306

  Esser, Axel T ^a   Smith, Kyle C ^a,b   Gowrishankar, T R ^a   Weaver, James C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic pore behavior; Membrane permeability; Multicellular and tissue model; Nanosecond electric field pulses; Pore histograms; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPORATION; HISTOGRAM; LIVER CELL; MEMBRANE MODEL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; SOLID TUMOR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 68949220212     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460900800406     Document Type: Article

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