Electrical field and temperature model of nonthermal irreversible electroporation in heterogeneous tissues

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Daniels, Charlotte ^a   Rubinsky, Boris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electroporation; Heterogeneous tissue; Molecular surgery

Indexed keywords

BIO-HEAT EQUATIONS; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; CANCER; CANCEROUS LESIONS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRICAL FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL PULSE; ELECTROPORATION; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; HETEROGENEOUS TISSUES; HOMOGENEOUS TISSUES; IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL; MOLECULAR SURGERY; NONTHERMAL; REALISTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE MODELS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL DAMAGE;

BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DUCTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BREAST; BREAST DUCT; BREAST TUMOR; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PROSTATE; THERMODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70349907815     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3156808     Document Type: Article

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