Volume 14 Supplement 3
Advanced techniques for treating deep seated tumor using Electrochemotherapy (ECT) and Irreversible Electroporation (IRE)
Research
Edited by Rafael Davalos and Damijan Miklavcic
Publication of this supplement has not been supported by sponsorship. Information about the source of funding for publication charges can be found in the individual articles. Articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. The Supplement Editors declare that they have pending and issued patents in the area of electroporation and receive royalties. They have also received research support and may consult for companies with commercial interest in developing electroporation technology.
The 6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (MBEC 2014). Go to conference site.
Dubrovnik, Croatia7-11 September 2014
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Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2015 14(Suppl 3):I1
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Modeling the positioning of single needle electrodes for the treatment of breast cancer in a clinical case
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and is the second most common cause of cancer death in women. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) used in early-phase clinical trials for the treatment of prima...
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Coupling treatment planning with navigation system: a new technological approach in treatment of head and neck tumors by electrochemotherapy
Electrochemotherapy provides highly effective local treatment for a variety of tumors. In deep-seated tumors of the head and neck, due to complex anatomy of the region or inability to cover the whole tumor wit...
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Mitigation of impedance changes due to electroporation therapy using bursts of high-frequency bipolar pulses
For electroporation-based therapies, accurate modeling of the electric field distribution within the target tissue is important for predicting the treatment volume. In response to conventional, unipolar pulses...
Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2015 14(Suppl 3):S3 -
Web-based tool for visualization of electric field distribution in deep-seated body structures and planning of electroporation-based treatments
Treatments based on electroporation are a new and promising approach to treating tumors, especially non-resectable ones. The success of the treatment is, however, heavily dependent on coverage of the entire tu...
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Electrochemotherapy of colorectal liver metastases - an observational study of its effects on the electrocardiogram
Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a combined treatment in which high voltage electroporation (EP) pulses are used to facilitate the uptake of a chemotherapeutic drug into tumor cells, thus increasing antitumor effe...
Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2015 14(Suppl 3):S5 -
Current density imaging sequence for monitoring current distribution during delivery of electric pulses in irreversible electroporation
Electroporation is gaining its importance in everyday clinical practice of cancer treatment. For its success it is extremely important that coverage of the target tissue, i.e. treated tumor, with electric fiel...
Citation: BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2015 14(Suppl 3):S6