A sensitivity analysis of the thermal pulse decay method fo measurement of local tissue conductivity and blood perfusion

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 54-58

  Arkin, H ^a   Holmes, K R ^a   Chen, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERS - APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS - SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BLOOD PERFUSION RATE; THERMAL PULSE DECAY (TPD) METHOD;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BLOOD FLOW; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PERFUSION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022672033     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3138580     Document Type: Article

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