Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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726230 | Journal of Electrostatics | 2009 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The application of appropriate electric fields to cells and tissues, termed electroporation, can result in efficient and safe gene transfer. We have shown previously that this approach results in high level gene transfer to and expression in the vasculature of living animals. This paper presents the results of an electric field distribution study of a rat mesenteric vasculature model using the Finite-Element Time-Domain (FETD) technique. A novelty of this work is the use of Debye dispersive dielectric parameters, as the electrical response of biological tissues is inherently frequency-dependent. The results compare fairly well with experimental findings.
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Authors
Chris Capaccio, Nikolay S. Stoykov, Raji Sundararajan, David A. Dean,