The feasibility of irreversible electroporation for the treatment of breast cancer and other heterogeneous systems

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2615-2625

  Neal II, Robert E ^a   Davalos, Rafael V ^a  

^a Virginia Tech Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Breast carcinoma; Cancer therapy; Electrical conductivity; Electropermeabilization; Minimally invasive surgery; Non thermal ablation; Tissue electroporation; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

BIO-HEAT TRANSFER; BREAST CARCINOMAS; CANCER THERAPY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPERMEABILIZATION; ELECTROPORATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NON-THERMAL ABLATION; NONTHERMAL; TUMOR ABLATION;

CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

ABLATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROSURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450198369     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9796-9     Document Type: Article

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