title: Effect of tissue and atmosphere's parameters on human eye temperature distribution.
abstract: A three dimensional finite element method analysis was employed to investigate the effect of tissue and atmosphere parameters namely, ambient temperature, ambient convection coefficient, local blood temperature, and blood convection coefficient upon temperature distribution of human eyes. As a matter of simplification, only eye ball and skull bone are considered as the system of eye modeling. Decreasing the local blood temperature and keeping it cool is one of the most important ways to control bleeding during surgeries. By lower temperature of body organs such as the eye, the need for oxygenated blood is reduced, allowing for an extension in time for surgery. With this in mind, this study is done to see which one of parameters, such as ambient temperature, ambient convection coefficient, local blood temperature, and blood convection coefficient, has an effective role in decreasing the temperature of the eye. To this end, 3 different paths were employed to find out about the temperature distribution through the eye. The analysis of the three paths demonstrates the interaction of ambient and blood temperature in modeling temperature changes in specific locations of the eye. These data will be important in applications such as eye surgery, relaxation, and sleep therapy.
authors.affiliation: Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Azad University, Rajai Shahr-Moazen Blv, Karaj, Iran. Electronic address: Ms_firoozan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad Sadegh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Firoozan
authors.affiliation: Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Azad University, Rajai Shahr-Moazen Blv, Karaj, Iran. Electronic address: porkhial@kiau.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Soheil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Porkhial
authors.affiliation: Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Azad University, Rajai Shahr-Moazen Blv, Karaj, Iran. Electronic address: Alisalmani97@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ali Salmani
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nejad
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D018481:Convection; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008954:Models, Biological; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D013696:Temperature; D013814:Thermal Conductivity; D013816:Thermodynamics
keywords: Ambient temperature; Human eye; Local blood temperature; Temperature distribution