A self-heated thermistor technique to measure effective thermal properties from the tissue surface

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 330-335

  Patel, P A ^a   Valvano, J W ^a   Pearce, J A ^a   Prahl, S A ^a   Denham, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION - MEASUREMENTS; SURFACES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY - MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMISTORS - APPLICATIONS;

DIFFUSIVITY; MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIA; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HEAT; HUMAN; IN VITRO; LIVER; PERFUSION; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0023454575     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3138689     Document Type: Article

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