Electromagnetic Fields in Biological Systems

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Pulsed Electric Fields in Biological Cells and Membranes

R. P. JoshiK. H. Schoenbach

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Interaction of Electric Fields with Living Cells

2.3 Modeling Electric Fields in Cells

Continuum Mean-Field Approaches for Spherical Cells • Continuum Approaches Applied to More Complicated Cell Geometries • Models of Electric Field Interactions in Tissues and Nerves

2.4 Temperature Changes Due to Electric Pulsing

2.5 Role of the Biological Dielectric Properties

2.6 Extracting Parameters from Cell Suspensions

References

2.1 Introduction

The interaction of electric and magnetic fields with biological systems has been a persistent scientific interest over the past two decades (Blank 1995; Polk and Postow 1996). Applications and mechanistic ...