Noninvasive method for determining treatment based upon lesion cell proliferation measurements
First Claim
1. A method for determining the cell proliferative rate of a lesion in a human or animal subject as a function of an electromagnetic field present in the subject, said method comprising:
- detecting respective biopotentials indicative of the electromagnetic field present in said subject at each of a plurality of measurement locations located in an area of the lesion, and at least one reference location on the subject;
comparing the respective biopotentials so obtained to identify a high and low level biopotential value;
obtaining a differential value indicative of the difference between said high and low level biopotential values;
and comparing said differential value to at least one predetermined reference cell proliferation value to determine the relationship therebetween.
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Abstract
A method for measuring biopotentials at a lesion site on a human or animal subject and determining therefrom the magnitude of cell proliferation at such lesion site. A value indicative of the cell proliferation rate is compared with one or more reference values and treatment of the lesion is made in accordance with the results of this comparison. Treatment may be automatically controlled in response to the comparison, and the efficacy of treatment is monitored by comparing values obtained from biopotentials taken before treatment with those obtained during and/or after treatment.
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1. A method for determining the cell proliferative rate of a lesion in a human or animal subject as a function of an electromagnetic field present in the subject, said method comprising:
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detecting respective biopotentials indicative of the electromagnetic field present in said subject at each of a plurality of measurement locations located in an area of the lesion, and at least one reference location on the subject; comparing the respective biopotentials so obtained to identify a high and low level biopotential value; obtaining a differential value indicative of the difference between said high and low level biopotential values; and comparing said differential value to at least one predetermined reference cell proliferation value to determine the relationship therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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