Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer, Volume 3
Computational & Physical Processes in Mechanics & Thermal Scienc Series

Definitive Treatment of the Numerical Simulation of Bioheat Transfer and Fluid Flow

Motivated by the upwelling of current interest in subjects critical to human health, Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer, Volume 3 presents the latest information on bioheat and biofluid flow. Like its predecessors, this volume assembles a team of renowned international researchers who cover both fundamentals and applications. It explores ingenious modeling techniques and innovative numerical simulation for solving problems in biomedical engineering.

The text begins with the modeling of thermal transport by perfusion within the framework of the porous-media theory. It goes on to review other perfusion models, different forms of the bioheat equation for several thermal therapies, and thermal transport in individual blood vessels. The book then describes thermal methods of tumor detection and treatment as well as issues of blood heating and cooling during lengthy surgeries. It also discusses how the enhancement of heat conduction in tumor tissue by intruded nanoparticles improves the efficacy of thermal destruction of the tumor. The final chapters focus on whole-body thermal models, issues concerning the thermal treatment of cancer, and a case study on the thermal ablation of an enlarged prostate.

Synthesis of Mathematical Models Representing Bioheat Transport. Numerical Models of Blood Flow Effects in Biological Tissues. Numerical Methods for Solving Bioheat Transfer Equations in Complex Situations. Discrete Vasculature (DIVA) Model Simulating the Thermal Impact of Individual Blood Vessels for In Vivo Heat Transfer. Numerical Bioheat Transfer in Tumor Detection and Treatment. Thermal Interactions between Blood and Tissue: Development of a Theoretical Approach in Predicting Body Temperature during Blood Cooling and Rewarming. Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Simulating Nanocryosurgery of Target Tissues Embedded with Large Blood Vessels. Whole-Body Human Thermal Models. Computational Infrastructure for the Real-Time Patient-Specific Treatment of Cancer. A Mathematical Model to Predict Tissue Temperatures and Necrosis during Microwave Thermal Ablation of the Prostate.