Title :
A Molecular Dynamics Study of Thermal Ablation
Author :
Lin, David T. W. ; Hu, Yuh-Chung
Author_Institution :
Mech. Eng., Far East Coll., Hsin-Shih
Abstract :
The bio-heat transfer problem and the thermal ablation in bio-tissue require general solutions for the control of the external heating power. An algorithm based on the molecular dynamics (MD) and the GROMACS protein data bank is developed to solve the bio-heat transfer problem. The value of the thermal conductivity of alanine is calculated from the autocorrelation function of the Green-Kubo formalism and resulted in the knowledge of the power control. Moreover, this paper constructs a bio-tissue heat transfer model and it expands the application of thermal science to the bio-medical field.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biothermics; heat transfer; molecular biophysics; molecular dynamics method; proteins; thermal conductivity; GROMACS protein data bank; Green-Kubo formalism; alanine; autocorrelation function; bioheat transfer; biotissue; molecular dynamics study; thermal ablation; thermal conductivity; Amino acids; Biological materials; Heat transfer; Medical treatment; Power system modeling; Protein engineering; Systems engineering and theory; Temperature control; Thermal conductivity; Thermal engineering; Alanine; MD; bio-heat; thermal ablation;
Conference_Titel :
Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 2006. NEMS '06. 1st IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zhuhai
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0139-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0140-2
DOI :
10.1109/NEMS.2006.334852
