A high-resolution voxel model for predicting local tissue temperatures in humans subjected to warm and hot environments

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Nelson, D A ^a,f   Charbonnel, S ^a   Curran, A R ^b   Marttila, E A ^b   Fiala, D ^c   Mason, P A ^d   Ziriax, J M ^e  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Calumet   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f University of South Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational models; Environmental heating; Human models; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MECHANISM; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; CORE TEMPERATURE; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HEATING PATTERN; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HUMAN MODEL; HUMAN THERMOREGULATION; INTERNAL TISSUES; METABOLIC RATES; MILD TEMPERATURES; NONIONIZING RADIATION; NONUNIFORM HEATING; PASSIVE MECHANISM; RADIO FREQUENCY SOURCE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; THERMAL DOSIMETRY; THERMAL VARIABLES; TISSUE TEMPERATURES; VOLUME ELEMENTS; VOXEL MODELS; WHOLE-BODY;

COOLING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; HEATING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM OPTICS; RADIATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER MODEL; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; PREDICTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WARMING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEATING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING;

EID: 67049098044     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3002765     Document Type: Article

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