A numerical investigation of the electric and thermal cell kill distributions in electroporation-based therapies in tissue

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Garcia, Paulo A ^a   Davalos, Rafael V ^a   Miklavcic, Damijan ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIVER; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84905908439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103083     Document Type: Article

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