Estimation of blood perfusion using phase shift in temperature response to sinusoidal heating at the skin surface

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1037-1043

  Liu, Jing ^a   Xu, Lisa X ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio heat; Blood perfusion; Noninvasive estimation; Phase shift; Sinusoidal heating; Thermal contact resistance

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BIO-HEAT; THERMAL CONTACT RESISTANCE;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; PERFUSION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032820258     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.784134     Document Type: Article

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