Electrical Characterization of Human Biological Tissue for Irreversible Electroporation Treatments

• Published in: 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Vol. 2018; pp. 4170 - 4173
• Main Authors: Beitel-White, Natalie, Bhonsle, Suyashree, Martin, R. C. G., Davalos, Rafael V.
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Cancer; Conductivity; Electric fields; Electrodes; electroporation; Liver; liver cancer; Pancreas; pancreatic cancer; treatment planning; Tumors

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a cancer therapy that uses short, high-voltage electrical pulses to treat tumors. Due to its predominantly non-thermal mechanism and ability to ablate unresectable tumors, IRE has gained popularity in clinical treatments of both liver and pancreatic cancers. Exi...