Numerical study on the thawing process of biological tissue induced by laser irradiation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 416-431

  Zhou, Jianhua ^a,b   Liu, Jing ^a   Yu, Aibing ^b  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICINE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THAWING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

LASER HEATING; LASER-TISSUE THERMAL INTERACTION; LEAST-SQUARE PARABOLA FITTING TECHNIQUE; PHOTON REFLECTION;

TISSUE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; THAWING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 21144447064     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1894294     Document Type: Article

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