Title :
Development of a human thermal model and its applications for thermographic diagnosis
Author :
Kakuta, N. ; Yokoyama, S. ; Mabuchi, K.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Collaborative Res., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A mathematical model has been developed for the numerical analysis of thermal conditions within the human body. The model is based on a numerical calculation of bio-heat equation and a mathematical model of a thermoregulation system. The internal temperatures, heat fluxes, and blood temperatures of all segments are calculated simultaneously. We try to apply the model to clinical diagnosis by using thermography images. This paper describes the fundamental analysis of the calculated results and the experimental results. The calculated results compared rather well with the experimental results in some thermal environmental conditions
Keywords :
Bessel functions; biothermics; blood; heat transfer; infrared imaging; physiological models; temperature distribution; bio-heat equation; blood temperatures; clinical diagnosis; focal characteristics; heat fluxes; human thermal model; internal temperatures; mathematical model; modified Bessel functions; thermographic diagnosis; thermography images; thermoregulation system; Biological system modeling; Blood; Clinical diagnosis; Equations; Humans; Image segmentation; Mathematical model; Skin; Temperature; Thermal engineering;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804265
