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Heat Transfer in Medicine and Biology

Analysis and Applications. Volume 2

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Avraham Shitzer

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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  2. Robert C. Eberhart

    1. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Applications of Heat Transfer in Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Analysis of Heat Transfer and Temperature Distributions in Tissues during Local and Whole-Body Hyperthermia

      • Rakesh K. Jain
      Pages 3-54

    3. Temperature Fields and Lesion Sizes in Electrosurgery and Induction Thermocoagulation

      • Avraham Shitzer
      Pages 55-84

    4. Analysis of Skin Burns

      • Kenneth R. Diller
      Pages 85-134

    5. Laser Irradiation of Tissue

      • A. J. Welch
      Pages 135-184

    6. Preservation of Biological Material by Freezing and Thawing

      • John J. McGrath
      Pages 185-238

    7. Thermal Analysis for Cryosurgery

      • George J. Trezek
      Pages 239-259

    8. Analysis of Heat Exchange during Cooling and Rewarming in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Procedures

      • Robert M. Curtis, George J. Trezek
      Pages 261-286

    9. Heat and Water Transport in the Human Respiratory System

      • P. W. Scherer, L. M. Hanna
      Pages 287-306

    10. Heat Transfer in Teeth

      • R. F. Boehm
      Pages 307-331

    11. Analysis and Application of Thermography in Medical Diagnosis

      • T. J. Love
      Pages 333-352

    12. Computer-Aided Tomographic Thermography

      • Michael M. Chen
      Pages 353-369

  3. Selected Topics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 371-371
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    2. Temperature Measurement

      • Thomas C. Cetas
      Pages 373-392

    3. Sensitivity Analysis of Errors Induced in the Determination of Tissue Perfusion

      • Avraham Shitzer, Robert C. Eberhart
      Pages 393-411

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 413-436
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Avraham Shitzer

  • Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, USA

    Robert C. Eberhart

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Heat Transfer in Medicine and Biology

  • Book Subtitle: Analysis and Applications. Volume 2

  • Editors: Avraham Shitzer, Robert C. Eberhart

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8285-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-8287-4Published: 18 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-8285-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 462

  • Number of Illustrations: 97 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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