Finite-element analysis of temperature increase in vascularized biological tissues exposed to rf sources

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1682-1685

  De Santis, V ^a   Feliziani, M ^a   Maradei, F ^b   Buccella, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bio heat equation; Discrete vascular model; Finite element method (FEM); Numerical dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIO-HEAT EQUATION; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; DISCRETE VASCULAR MODEL; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); NEW MODELS; NUMERICAL DOSIMETRY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; RF SOURCES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAINS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 61449153001     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2012781     Document Type: Article

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