Effects of geometry discretization aspects on the numerical solution of the bioheat transfer equation with the FDTD technique

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Samaras, T ^a   Christ, A ^a   Kuster, N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMOANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BIOHEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; GEOMETRY DISCRETIZATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; TISSUE INTERFACES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33744831167     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/11/N02     Document Type: Article

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