Computational study of the effects of arterial bifurcation on the temperature distribution during cryosurgery

• Published in: Biomedical engineering online Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 4 - 12
• Main Authors: Zheng, Yong-Chang, Wu, Jun-Hong, He, Zhi-Zhu, Huang, Shao-Jiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.01.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Aorta; Arterial bifurcation; Arteries - anatomy & histology; Arteries - physiology; Bioheat transfer; Blood thermal effect; Body temperature; Computational biology; Computer Simulation; Cryosurgery; Health aspects; Hemodynamics; Ice; Models, Biological; Numerical simulation; Temperature; Arterial bifurcation; Bioheat transfer; Numerical simulation; Blood thermal effect; Cryosurgery

Thermally significant blood flows into locally cooled diseased tissues and warm them during cryosurgery so that the iceball is often hard to cover the whole diseased volume. This paper is aimed at investigating the effects of large arterial bifurcation on the temperature distribution during cryosurg...