Figure 1

Study flow chart and illustration of endoscopic irreversible electroporation in the esophagus. (a) Flow chart of the IRE experiment; (b) Balloon-type catheter (nitinol electrode size: 1.5 mm, 10 mm, inter-electrode distances, 1.57 cm) placed over the guidewire (over-the-wire technique); (c) basket-type catheter (nitinol electrode size: 1.34 mm, 5 mm, inter-electrode distances, 2.09 cm) delivery through the working channel of the endoscope (through-the-scope technique); (d) Schematic design of irreversible electroporation experiments on pig esophagus.