title: Fast heat propagation in living tissue caused by branching artery network.
abstract: We analyze the effect of blood flow through large arteries of peripheral circulation on heat transfer in living tissue. Blood flow in such arteries gives rise to fast heat propagation over large scales, which is described in terms of heat superdiffusion. The corresponding bioheat heat equation is derived. In particular, we show that under local strong heating of a small tissue domain the temperature distribution inside the surrounding tissue is affected substantially by heat superdiffusion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Computer Modeling, Krakow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska Street, 31155, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Gafiychuk
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Lubashevsky
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Datsko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D004735:Energy Transfer / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013696:Temperature