Understanding thermal transport and temperature distribution within biological organs is important for therapeutic aspects related to hyperthermia treatments such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Unlike surface heating, the RFA treatment volumetrically heats up the biological media using a heating probe which provides the input energy. In this situation, the shape of the affected region is ann...

A boundary element method is applied for the numerical solution of a boundary value problem for a two-dimensional steady-state bioheat transfer model of the human eye. The human eye is modeled as comprising four distinct homogeneous regions. The boundary condition on the outer surface of the cornea is non-linear due to heat radiation. An iterative approach is used to treat the non-linear heat r...

The accuracy of the classical heat conduction model, known as Fourier’s law, is highly questioned, dealing with micro- and nanosystems biological tissues. In other words, results obtained from equations deviate available experimental data. It means that continuum diffusion equation insufficient inappropriate for modeling transport in these cases. There are several techniques non-Fourier conduct...

This study focuses on the effect of the temperature response of a semi-infinite biological tissue due to a sinusoidal heat flux at the skin. The Pennes bioheat transfer equation such as rho(t)c(t)( partial differentialT/ partial differentialt)+W(b)c(b)(T-T(a))=k partial differential(2)T/ partial differentialx(2) with the oscillatory heat flux boundary condition such as q(0,t)=q(0)e(iomegat) was...

Our purpose in this study was to present an integral-transform approach to the analytical solutions of the Pennes' bioheat transfer equation and to apply it to the calculation of temperature distribution in tissues in hyperthermia with magnetic nanoparticles (magnetic hyperthermia). The validity of our method was investigated by comparison with the analytical solutions obtained by the Green's f...

Predicting the outcome of thermotherapies in cancer treatment requires an accurate characterization of the bioheat transfer processes in soft tissues. Due to the biological and structural complexity of tumor (soft tissue) composition and vasculature, it is often very difficult to obtain reliable tissue properties that is one of the key factors for the accurate treatment outcome prediction. Effi...