• DocumentCode
    1205301
  • 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.
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    77
  • Lastpage
    80
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1975.324548
  • Filename
    4120864