title: Numerical simulation of heating from an acrylic implant in bone.
abstract: Heat transfer in an acrylic cement-bone system during hyperthermia has been has been simulated by using a spectral element method, using a 2-D linear model which combines the geometric flexibility of low-order finite element methods and high accuracy of spectral methods. The work is directed at obtaining a fundamental understanding of factors affecting hyperthermia therapy applied to giant cell tumors of bone in a two-dimensional model at a cross-section of the distal femur. Results suggest the heating may be significant within approximately 4 mm to 7 mm of the interface of the acrylic and the cancellous bone. Computational results are compared with published experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department, Michigan Technological University, Houghton 49931.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements; D001842:Bone and Bones; D006358:Hot Temperature; D020366:Methylmethacrylate; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D008954:Models, Biological; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013814:Thermal Conductivity
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D020366:Methylmethacrylate