Effects of droplet velocity, diameter, and film height on heat removal during cryogen spray cooling

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1131-1140

  Pikkula, Brian M ^a   Tunnell, James W ^a,b   Chang, David W ^c   Anvari, Bahman ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Laser therapy; Skin; Surface tension; Surfactants; Weber number

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COOLING; CRYOGENICS; DERMATOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HISTOLOGY; LASER DAMAGE; PATIENT TREATMENT; SKIN; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CRYOGEN SPRAY COOLING (CSC); LASER THERAPY; LASER TREATMENT; WEBER NUMBER;

DISEASE CONTROL;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BURN; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AEROSOLS; BURNS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544263336     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/b:abme.0000036649.80421.60     Document Type: Article

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