Temperature and burn injury prediction of human skin exposed to microwaves: a model analysis

ÖZEN Ş., HELHEL S., BİLGİN S.

RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS, cilt.50, sa.3, ss.483-489, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00411-011-0364-y
  • Dergi Adı: RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.483-489
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

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Abstract

A one-dimensional multi-layer model is presented to characterize skin temperature rises and burn processes resulting from skin exposure to microwaves. Temperature variations and damage function analyses in the skin tissue exposed to microwaves were predicted depending on blood perfusion rate, thermal conductivity, power density, and exposure time. Thermal wave model was applied and the bio-heat transfer equation was solved using the finite difference time domain method. The thermal wave model of bio-heat transfer predicts a lower temperature rise than a model that uses Pennes’ equation. When approaching steady state, the solutions overlaps with that obtained using the Pennes’ equation. The results obtained may help to analyze the consequences of short-time high-power MW exposures in biological tissues.