ISSN:
1572-9567
Keywords:
calorific intensity
;
hot probe
;
organ or tissue of a living body
;
specific heat
;
thermal conductivity
;
thermal diffusivity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A new method was developed to determine simultaneously the thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, specific heat, and calorific intensity of the organ or tissue of a living body either in vivo or in vitro with a thin hot probe. By using the method, the thermophysical properties and calorific intensities of a human palm and in vivo liver and a kidney, heart, brain, and foreleg and hindleg muscles of an anesthetized canine were measured. It is concluded that there are no significant differences in the thermophysical properties of organ or tissue of a living body either in vivo or in vitro. The measured thermophysical properties are in good agreement with those reported in the literature.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006669207551
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