Non-ionizing radiation with nanosecond pulsed electric fields as a cancer treatment: In vitro studies

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 6509-6512

  Beebe, Stephen J ^a   Ford, Wentia E ^a   Ren, Wei ^a   Chen, Xinhua ^a   Schoenbach, Karl H ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEALTH RISKS; IONIZING RADIATION; MITOCHONDRIA; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOTHERAPY;

CELL TYPES; CYTOCHROME C; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LOCAL SITES; MITOCHONDRIA MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS; NONIONIZING RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA;

CELL DEATH;

EID: 77951009687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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