Modeling Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) application in single cells during metaphase and telophase

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn 2015-November, Issue , 2015, Pages 6892-6895

  Wenger, Cornelia ^a   Giladi, Moshe ^b   Bomzon, Ze'Ev ^b   Salvador, Ricardo ^a   Basser, Peter J ^c   Miranda, Pedro C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Novocure ^*  (Israel)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METAPHASE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINDLE APPARATUS; TELOPHASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; METAPHASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; SPINDLE APPARATUS; TELOPHASE;

EID: 84953320528     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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