On the solution of the non-linear bio-heat equation.
With reference to microwave localized hyperthermia, a non-linear model of the thermal behavior of living tissues, where local thermoregulating convective and conducting effects due to blood flow are taken into account, has been assumed. The non-linear operator equation for the space and time temperature distribution, which describes local energy balance (bio-heat equation), has been linearized and solved by using a variant of the Newton iterative method. Numerical calculations for plane stratified structures simulating living bodies, irradiated by plane electromagnetic waves, have been carried out.
Bardati
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Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy.
Gerosa
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D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological