Irreversible electroporation: An in vivo study with dorsal skin fold chamber

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 619-629

  Qin, Zhenpeng ^a   Jiang, Jing ^a   Long, Gary ^d   Lindgren, Bruce ^c   Bischof, John C ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d ETHICON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; DSFC; Electropermeabilization; Irreversible electroporation; Thermal therapy

Indexed keywords

DSFC; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPERMEABILIZATION; ELECTROPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER; THERMAL INJURIES; THERMAL THERAPIES;

DISEASES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ONCOLOGY;

TUMORS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SKIN; TUMOR CELL LINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NECROSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84876198366     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0686-1     Document Type: Article

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