Spatial temperature distribution in human hairy and glabrous skin after infrared CO2 laser radiation

BioMedical Engineering Online

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Frahm, Ken S ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Mørch, Carsten D ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND; LASER ENERGIES; LASER STIMULATION; MODEL SIMULATION; NOCICEPTOR; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; SKIN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; STIMULUS INTENSITY; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS; SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE LEVEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS INDUSTRY; HEALTH; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HAIR; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049471724     PISSN: 1475925X     EISSN: 1475925X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-9-69     Document Type: Article

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