Simulation of heat transfer of biological tissue during cryosurgery based on vascular trees

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1792-1798

  Shi, Juan ^a   Chen, Zhenqian ^a   Shi, Mingheng ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological tissue; Cryosurgery; Fracture; Heat transfer; Vascular tree

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CRYOSURGERY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FREEZING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEMODYNAMICS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; BLOOD FLOWS; BLOOD PERFUSIONS; FRACTAL METHODS; FREEZING PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE-CHANGE HEAT TRANSFERS; POROUS MEDIAS; SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSFERS; VASCULAR TREE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 61349162980     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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