Title :
Analytical study of temperature oscillations in living tissues
Author :
Tharp, Hal S. ; Zhang, William
Author_Institution :
Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A nonlinear, time-delay differential equation is postulated as a possible structure to describe the temperature dynamics at a point inside living tissue. The presented analysis explains how this differential equation can lead to four different temperature response types that have been previously observed in vivo.
Keywords :
biothermics; nonlinear differential equations; physiological models; in vivo; living tissues; nonlinear time-delay differential equation; temperature dynamics; temperature oscillations; temperature response types; Blood flow; Cooling; Delay effects; Differential equations; Heating; In vivo; Muscles; Steady-state; Temperature; Thigh; Animals; Blood Flow Velocity; Body Temperature; Disease Models, Animal; Dogs; Energy Transfer; Linear Models; Muscles; Thermodynamics; Thigh; Time Factors;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
