Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity of biological tissues

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 769-783

  Bhattacharya, A ^a,b   Mahajan, R L ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; In vivo; Liver; Perfusion; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Tissue; Transient hot wire

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HISTOLOGY; PROBES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE; WIRE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; HOT WIRE METHOD; HOT-WIRE PROBES; IN-VIVO; IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; PERFUSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSIENT HOT-WIRE; TRANSIENT TECHNIQUES;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN; GELATIN; POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COW; HEAT TRANSFER; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SWINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0042262536     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/24/3/312     Document Type: Article

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