A numerical coupling model to analyze the blood flow, temperature, and oxygen transport in human breast tumor under laser irradiation

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1336-1350

  He, Ying ^a   Shirazaki, Minoru ^b   Liu, Hao ^c   Himeno, Ryutaro ^a   Sun, Zhigang ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Blood perfusion; FEM; Laser irradiation; Numerical simulation; One dimensional flow model; Oxygen partial pressure; Oxygen transport; Tumor

Indexed keywords

BIOHEAT TRANSFER; BLOOD PERFUSION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW MODEL; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT;

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; TUMORS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAPILLARY; CIRCULATION; FLUID FLOW; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; LASER; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE PERFUSION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33748935952     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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