In vivo measurement of tumor conductiveness with the magnetic bioimpedance method

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.

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