Characterization of a 50-Ω exposure setup for high-voltage nanosecond pulsed electric field bioexperiments

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Kenaan, M ^a   Amari, S E ^a   Silve, A ^b   Merla, C ^a   Mir, L M ^b   Couderc, V ^a   Arnaud Cormos, D ^a   Leveque, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Biological cuvette matching bandwidth; finite difference time domain (FDTD); high voltage (HV); Nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL CUVETTE MATCHING BANDWIDTH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPOSURE SYSTEM; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); FREQUENCY CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH INTENSITY; HIGH VOLTAGE (HV); HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATORS; HIGH-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; HIGH-VOLTAGES; NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; SHORT DURATIONS; TIME DOMAIN; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NANOENGINEERING; PROCESS MODEL; PULSE GENERATOR; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION;

EID: 79551528836     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2081670     Document Type: Article

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