Dimensionless solutions and general characteristics of bioheat transfer during thermal therapy

作者：Okajima Junnosuke^*; Maruyama Shigenao; Takeda Hiroki; Komiya Atsuki

来源：Journal of Thermal Biology, 2009, 34(8): 377-384.

DOI：10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.08.001

• Bioheat transfer equation
• Analytical solution
• Dimensionless analysis
• Thermal therapy
• Temperature estimation

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.

• 出版日期2009-12