In vivo measurement of tumor conductiveness with the magnetic bioimpedance method

• Published in: IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 47; no. 10; pp. 1403 - 1405
• Main Authors: Smith, D.G., Potter, S.R., Lee, B.R., Ko, H.W., Drummond, W.R., Telford, J.K., Partin, A.W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.10.2000; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Animals; Bioimpedance; Biological and medical sciences; Biological materials; Biopsy; Coils; Conductivity measurement; Diagnosis; Eddy currents; Electric Impedance; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic Phenomena; Humans; In vivo; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Metastasis; Miscellaneous. Technology; Neoplasms; Noninvasive medical procedures; Oncology; Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Pulmonary diseases; Rats; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistics, Nonparametric; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Performance evaluation; Human; Animal model; Urinary system disease; Prostate disease; Rat; Rodentia; Malignant tumor; In vivo; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Measurement technique; Animal; Non invasive method; Tumor; Electromagnetic field; Male genital diseases; Prostate; Medical application; Electrical impedance
• ISSN: 0018-9294; 1558-2531
• DOI: 10.1109/10.871414

A noninvasive electromagnetic method has been developed that can effectively measure the in-vivo conductivity difference between rat tumor lines having a low and high metastatic potential. These tumor lines are used in the study of human prostate tumor.