ACCURACY OF GEOMETRICAL MODELING OF HEAT-TRANSFER FROM TISSUE TO BLOOD-VESSELS

Authors
VANLEEUWEN GMJ KOTTE ANTJ DEBREE J VANDERKOIJK JF CREZEE J LAGENDIJK JJW
Citation
Gmj. Vanleeuwen et al., ACCURACY OF GEOMETRICAL MODELING OF HEAT-TRANSFER FROM TISSUE TO BLOOD-VESSELS, Physics in medicine and biology, 42(7), 1997, pp. 1451-1460
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Physics in medicine and biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319155
Volume
42
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1451 - 1460
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9155(1997)42:7<1451:AOGMOH>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We have developed a thermal model in which blood vessels are described as geometrical objects, 3D curves with associated diameters. Here the behaviour of the model is examined for low resolutions compared with the vessel diameter and for strongly curved vessels. The tests include a single straight vessel and vessels describing the path of a helix e mbedded in square tissue blocks. The tests show the excellent behaviou r of our discrete vessel implementation.