Skin biothermomechanics for medical treatments

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-187

  Xu, F ^a   Wen, T ^a   Lu, T J ^b   Seffen, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Numerical model; Skin tissue; Temperature; Thermal stress; Thermal treatments

Indexed keywords

BIOHEAT TRANSFER; BIOTHERMOMECHANICS; BURN DAMAGEES; THERMAL STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS;

LASER APPLICATIONS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL STRESS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BURN; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; REACTION TIME; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INJURY; THERMAL STIMULATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BURNS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 38849168803     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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