Injury Assay

 

Heat Injury in AT-1 Prostate Cancer Cells

Bhowmick et al. 1999.  ASME JBME

 

Thermally Treated Human BPH tissues.

Hoechst - Ethidium homodimer Dye (72 hours culture).

 

 

Benefit of In Vitro Tissue Studies:

Human BPH Thermal Injury Threshold

Bhowmick et al. 2001. IMECE Proceedings

 

 

Vascular Injury Measurement

FITC labelled dextran image of microvasculature in DSFC

A. Shows control vasculature across the window.  B.  Shows Vasculature after a heat treatment initiated on the right.  

S. Marks the stasis zone.  Scale bar is 200 μm.  The numbers above A are mm from the middle of the chamber window.  

Bhowmick et al. 2002 (Microvascular Research)

 

 

Renal Hyperthermic Lesions

IN VIVO 2-HOUR PERFUSED

Collaborator:  Jim Coad - West Virginia Medical School