Figure 1.13 shows a surgeon holding a GLIADEL?R wafer. From this photo- graphic evidence only, estimate the following: 11ec7385_02a8_bcac_9432_976de548a676_SM1184_00 a. The dimensions of the wafer. b. The dose of drug that it contains, if the loading of drug is 3.85% by mass (i.e., 3.85% of the wafer mass is due to the drug).

Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology 1st Edition by Veronique Tran,Mark Saltzman

Edition 1ISBN: 9780521840996

Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology 1st Edition by Veronique Tran,Mark Saltzman

Edition 1ISBN: 9780521840996

Exercise 9

Figure 1.13 shows a surgeon holding a GLIADEL?R wafer. From this photo- graphic evidence only, estimate the following:

a. The dimensions of the wafer.
b. The dose of drug that it contains, if the loading of drug is 3.85% by mass (i.e., 3.85% of the wafer mass is due to the drug).

Explanation

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Gliadel wafer is a unique form of chemot...