Heat Transfer in Medicine and Biology:Analysis and Applications. Volume 2 Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985 Edition

by: R.C. Eberhart (Editor), A. Shitzer (Editor)
Publisher:Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985 edition (May 18, 2012)

Language: English
Paperback:462 pages

ISBN-10: 1468482874

ISBN-13: 9781468482874

Book Description

Volume 2 explores many of the important applications of heat transfer in medicine. Among the topics examined are treatment of tumors by hyperthermia, electrosurgery, skill bus, preservation of tissues by freezing and the application of cryosurgery, heat and mass transfer in the respiratory system, heat transfer in teeth, thermography, and temperature measurement. Each chapter begins with a review of the state of the art, followed by a rigorous analytical exposition of the problem being treated. Two appendixes provide the reader with summaries of the thermophysical properties of biological tissues and the principles of numerical analysis in biological heat transfer.