Measurement of temperature-dependent specific heat of biological tissues

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-67

  Haemmerich, Dieter ^a   Schutt, David J ^b   Dos Santos, Icaro ^c   Webster, John G ^b   Mahvi, David M ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement of specific heat; Specific heat; Tissue specific heat measurement

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; MEASUREMENT OF SPECIFIC HEAT; MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENTS OF; SPECIFIC HEAT MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SPECIFIC-HEAT; TISSUE SPECIFIC HEAT MEASUREMENT; TISSUE SPECIFICS; TWO ELECTRODES;

SPECIFIC HEAT;

POLYSTYRENE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRODE; HEAT LOSS; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEAT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMOMETER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THERMOMETERS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 18744367259     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/1/006     Document Type: Article

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