Effects of pulsatile blood flow in large vessels on thermal dose distribution during thermal therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1312-1320

  Horng, Tzyy Leng ^a   Lin, Win Li ^b,c   Liauh, Chihng Tsung ^d   Shih, Tzu Ching ^e,f  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Chebyshev pseudospectral method; Pulsatile blood flow; Thermal dose

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW; TISSUE; VELOCITY;

BIO-HEAT EQUATIONS; BIO-HEAT TRANSFER; CHEBYSHEV-PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHOD; ENERGY-TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; PARABOLIC VELOCITY PROFILE; PULSATILE BLOOD FLOW; THERMAL DOSE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34147161627     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2712415     Document Type: Article

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