Sensitivity of the skin tissue on the activity of external heat sources

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 431-438

  Mochnacki, B ^a   Majchrzak, E ^b  

^a CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Boundary element method; Burns prediction; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN;

BIOHEAT TRANSFER; BLOOD PERFUSION; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; SUB-CUTANEOUS REGION;

TISSUE;

EID: 0242317246     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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