TY - JOUR
T1 - Dimensionless solutions and general characteristics of bioheat transfer during thermal therapy
AU - Okajima, Junnosuke
AU - Maruyama, Shigenao
AU - Takeda, Hiroki
AU - Komiya, Atsuki
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) [ 18206022 ] from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan, and by a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows [20·7374] from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - The derivation and application of the general characteristics of bioheat transfer for medical applications are shown in this paper. Two general bioheat transfer characteristics are derived from solutions of one-dimensional Pennes' bioheat transfer equation: steady-state thermal penetration depth, which is the deepest depth where the heat effect reaches; and time to reach steady-state, which represents the amount of time necessary for temperature distribution to converge to a steady-state. All results are described by dimensionless form; therefore, these results provide information on temperature distribution in biological tissue for various thermal therapies by transforming to dimension form.
AB - The derivation and application of the general characteristics of bioheat transfer for medical applications are shown in this paper. Two general bioheat transfer characteristics are derived from solutions of one-dimensional Pennes' bioheat transfer equation: steady-state thermal penetration depth, which is the deepest depth where the heat effect reaches; and time to reach steady-state, which represents the amount of time necessary for temperature distribution to converge to a steady-state. All results are described by dimensionless form; therefore, these results provide information on temperature distribution in biological tissue for various thermal therapies by transforming to dimension form.
KW - Analytical solution
KW - Bioheat transfer equation
KW - Dimensionless analysis
KW - Temperature estimation
KW - Thermal therapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449526279&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=70449526279&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.08.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449526279
VL - 34
SP - 377
EP - 384
JO - Journal of Thermal Biology
JF - Journal of Thermal Biology
SN - 0306-4565
IS - 8
ER -