Title :
The Effect of Radial Node Spacing on Finite Difference Calculations of Temperatures in Living Tissues
Author :
Gordon, Raymond G. ; Roemer, Robert B.
Author_Institution :
Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute of Environmental Stress, University of California, Santa Barbara. Calif., and the Department of mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. 93407.
Abstract :
Finite difference calculations of the transient radial temperature distribution in living tissue are compared with an analytical solution in which metabolism, blood flow rate, and arterial blood temperature vary with time. The effects of node spacing and integration time interval on the accuracy of the finite difference calculations are investigated.
Keywords :
Biochemistry; Blood; Closed-form solution; Equations; Finite difference methods; Humans; Skin; Stress; Temperature distribution; Transient analysis; Blood; Blood Flow Velocity; Body Temperature; Environment; Humans; Mathematics; Metabolism; Models, Biological; Temperature;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1975.324548
