Microchamber setup characterization for nanosecond pulsed electric field exposure

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1656-1662

  Arnaud Cormos, Delia ^a   Leveque, Philippe ^a   Wu, Yu Hsuan ^b   Sanders, Jason M ^b   Gundersen, Martin A ^b   Vernier, P Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); high voltage; microchamber; nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATORS; FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS; FREQUENCY BEHAVIOR; HIGH IMPEDANCE; HIGH VOLTAGE; HIGH-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; INTRACELLULAR STRUCTURES; MICRO-CHAMBERS; MICROCHAMBER; NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS; PERMEABILIZATION; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

CELLS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

MICROCHANNELS;

ARTICLE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; EXPOSURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; PULSE GENERATOR; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPORATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 79956352774     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2108298     Document Type: Article

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