Effect of blood flow, tumour and cold stress in a female breast: A novel time-accurate computer simulation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 393-404

  Ng, E Y K ^a   Sudharsan, N M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast; Cold stress; Simulation; Temperature pattern; Thermogram

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; TUMORS;

BLOOD PERFUSION;

TUMORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

BREAST; COLD STRESS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; THERMOGRAM;

EID: 0035224595     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411011535975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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