DocumentCode
1205030
Title
The Energy Conservation Equation for Living Tissue
Author
Wulff, W.
Author_Institution
Brookhaven National Labs, Upton, N. Y. 11973.
Issue
6
fYear
1974
Firstpage
494
Lastpage
495
Abstract
The widely used bio-heat transfer equation is examined regarding its term describing the thermal effects of blood perfusion. It is demonstrated, both by physical arguments and numerical results, that the description of thermal convection by blood is inconsistent in this equation, and that results are in error by the same order of magnitude as the convective energy transport itself.
Keywords
Blood pressure; Energy conservation; Equations; Heat transfer; Helium; Mechanical engineering; Slabs; Solids; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9294
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TBME.1974.324342
Filename
4120835
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