... of electrical charges, sizes, concentrations of the particles have been investigated. In this paper, the temperature effect on the cellular uptake of Quantum Dots (QDs) is studied experimentally. QDs are incubated with the SPCA-1 human lung tumor cells, and the nanoparticles on the cell membrane and inside...

... analysis friction gynaecology phantoms tumours breast cancer elastosonography strain assessment probabilistic FE analyses FEM Breast tumor is one of the most widespread diseases in the Western world and the most important cancer site among females in terms of incidence and mortality...

... 09 2010 01 09 2010 biomechanics blood vessels cardiovascular system diseases finite element analysis numerical analysis physiological models tumours fibrous cap microcalcifications stress concentration finite elements Atherosclerosis is one of the most prevalent...

... this combination of fast modeling and MRI technologies during laser heating of tissue for online prediction of tumor lesion size during laser heating. The feasibility of using this model to simulate the cylindrical diffuser ablation was demonstrated by model simulations of the radial temperature distribution...

... of the relation between RF waveforms and thermodynamic response of the tissue with the consideration of four different types of RF waveforms (half-sine, half-square, half-exponential, and damped-sine) to maximize the amount of tumor tissue removed while maintaining the advantages of RF ablation. For the aim...

...Alptekin Aksan, Ph.D.; Allison Hubel, Ph.D.; John Bischof, Ph.D. 28 07 2009 biomembrane transport biothermics cancer molecular biophysics nanotechnology patient treatment proteins tumours Important applications of bioheat and mass transfer include biopreservation...

... experienced a high electrical field, the axon of the nerve, the interior of the blood vessel, and the ducts experienced no electrical field. This indicates that blood vessels, nerves, and lactiferous ducts adjacent to a tumor treated with electroporation will survive, while the cancerous lesion is ablated...

... hyperthermia infrared spectra nanoparticles radiation therapy radiofrequency heating tumours Over the past 50 years, despite tremendous advances in our knowledge of the genetic, molecular, and cellular underpinnings of cancer, there has been no change in the age-adjusted mortality from cancer ( 1...

... tumor necrosis factor- α ( TNF- α ) stimulation. However, vector-mediated overexpression of HSP70 failed to provide similar protection but rather sensitized cells to TNF- α induced apoptosis. This may be due to the fact that the kinetics of vector-mediated HSP overexpression is totally different from...

...Xin Chen; Gerald M. Saidel Thermal ablation of a solid tumor in a tissue with radio-frequency (rf) energy can be accomplished by using a probe inserted into the tissue under the guidance of magnetic resonance imaging. The extent of the ablation can be significantly reduced by heat loss from...

...-frequency, or ultrasound energy sources—is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that can be calibrated to deliver a lethal dose to the targeted tumor regions for cancer treatment ( 1 2 ). The biological basis for thermotherapy is that exposing cells to temperatures outside of their natural environment...

... 2006 radiation therapy biological organs hyperthermia cancer tumours numerical analysis bioheat transfer phase change benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) multi-organ simulation prostate This paper sets forth a novel use...

...Prasanna Hariharan; Isaac Chang; Matthew R. Myers; Rupak K. Banerjee This study uses a reconstructed vascular geometry to evaluate the thermal response of tissue during a three-dimensional radiofrequency (rf) tumor ablation. MRI images of a sectioned liver tissue containing arterial vessels...

... the presence of an embedded tumor. Although thermography is currently used to indicate the presence of an abnormality, there are no standard procedures to interpret these and determine the location of an embedded tumor. This research is a first step towards this direction. It explores the relationship between...

...-memory alloy, which also enables a free-designed resection curve. In this surgical procedure, the region surrounding a tumor in the liver is frozen to excise and prevent hemorrhage. The liver was frozen by a Peltier module. The effects of cooling rate and freezing temperature on the excision force...

.... , 1977 , Food Process Engineering , AVI , Westport, CT. hyperthermia patient treatment heat transfer cancer minimisation tumours temperature distribution conjugate gradient methods Hyperthermia treatments elevate temperatures of a cancerous region of tissue to cytotoxic...

... patient treatment blood vessels vaporisation drops bubbles tumours cancer numerical analysis ( a ) Pressure and ( b ) shear stress on the tube wall at various times for case 3 in Table 1 , Re = 427.59 , We = 6.93 , St = 10.47 , Ω s = 5 × 10 − 9...

...Jordan Leyton-Mange; Sung Yang; Meghan H. Hoskins; Robert F. Kunz; Jeffrey D. Zahn; Cheng Dong Experimental models that mimic the flow conditions in microcapillaries have suggested that the local shear stresses and shear rates can mediate tumor cell and leukocyte arrest on the endothelium...

...Tao Ye; Joseph L. Bull We are currently developing a novel gas embolotherapy technique that involves the selective, acoustic vaporization of liquid perfluorocarbon droplets in or near a tumor as a possible treatment for cancer. The resulting bubbles can then stick within the tumor vasculature...

... 2004 23 11 2004 biomechanics diseases cardiovascular system angiocardiography biomedical MRI tumours blood vessels tensile strength fracture mechanics stress effects elasticity Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease associated with the accumulation of lipids leading...