Planning of electroporation-based treatments using web-based treatment-planning software

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 833-842

  Pavliha, Denis ^a   Kos, Bor ^a   Marčan, Marija ^a   Županič, Anže ^a   Serša, Gregor ^b   Miklavčič, Damijan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electrochemotherapy; Electroporation; Nonthermal irreversible electroporation; Telemedicine; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MARKUP LANGUAGE; NEEDLE ELECTRODE; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84888006432     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-013-9567-2     Document Type: Article

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