title: A technique for identifying the total space or temperature dependent thermal parameters (TITP) of biological materials in vivo.
abstract: A new algorithm for simultaneously identifying the space or temperature dependent conductivity K, blood perfusion rate Wb, metabolic rate qm, and thermal diffusibility alpha in Pennes' equation is postulated. The obtained over determined equations are solved by way of Householder's transformation. The validity of the method is tested through an example.
authors.affiliation: Thermal Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001481:Basal Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D002151:Calorimetry / Q000379:methods; D004058:Diffusion; D016014:Linear Models; D008954:Models, Biological; D013499:Surface Properties