Rapid warming of cryopreserved biological tissues in a single-mode microwave resonance cavity

Author

Gao, Dayong ; Zhang, Qiong ; Li, Huaizhi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

A 3-D numerical model has been developed to simulate warming process of the cryopreserved tissues in a single-mode (TE₂₁₀) microwave cavity. Using ice as a model tissue sample, the effect of sample volume and microwave power on the temporal and spatial temperature distribution as well as warming rates were investigated. The results show that rapid and uniform warming can be achieved. With an increase of microwave power, average warming rate increases linearly without changing uniformity of the heating

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; biological tissues; biothermics; microwave heating; physiological models; temperature distribution; 3-D numerical model; cryopreserved biological tissues; heating uniformity; ice; model tissue sample; rapid warming; sample volume; single-mode microwave resonance cavity; spatial temperature distribution; temporal temperature distribution; warming rate; Biological tissues; Electromagnetic heating; Heat transfer; Ice; Maxwell equations; Microwave theory and techniques; Power dissipation; Resonance; Temperature distribution; Thermal conductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804456

Filename

804456