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RISRecent Developments in Biotransport
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In the past ten years, one has seen rapid advancements in heat and mass transport applications in biology and medicine. The research activities have been shifted from fundamental development ...
A Performance-Based Representation for Engineering Design
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A design representation is developed to model multi-attribute systems utilizing multi-dimensional clipping and transformation algorithms. Given a linear system characterization, three types of ...
A Model for Heat Transfer From Embedded Blood Vessels in Two-Dimensional Tissue Preparations
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Two-dimensional microvascular tissue preparations have been extensively used to study blood flow in the microcirculation, and, most recently, the mechanism of thermal equilibration between thermally ...
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Transurethral Radio Frequency Hyperthermia in the Canine Prostate: Temperature Distribution Analysis
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The heating pattern of a transurethral radio frequency (RF) applicator and its induced steady-state temperature field in the prostate during transurethral hyperthermia treatment were investigated ...
Process Window Derivation With an Application to Optical Media Manufacturing
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper derives the process window from quantitative process models. Multi-dimensional clipping algorithms are developed that operate on half-spaces defined from the quality specifications. The ...
Evaluation of an Interstitial Cooling Device for Carotid Arterial Cooling Using a Tissue Equivalent Gel Phantom
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In this study, we build and test a prototype of an interstitial cooling device in a tissue-equivalent gel phantom mimicking the human neck. The effectiveness of the device is measured by the ...
Studies on the Three-Dimensional Temperature Transients in the Canine Prostate During Transurethral Microwave Thermal Therapy
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Thermal therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia requires accurate prediction of the temperature distribution induced by the heating within the prostatic tissue. In this study, the Pennes bioheat ...
Using MicroCT Imaging Technique to Quantify Heat Generation Distribution Induced by Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatments
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Magnetic nanoparticles have been used in clinical and animal studies to generate localized heating for tumor treatments when the particles are subject to an external alternating magnetic field. ...
Design of Laser Treatment Protocols for Bacterial Disinfection in Root Canals Using Theoretical Modeling and MicroCT Imaging
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Theoretical simulations of temperature elevations in root dentin are performed to evaluate, how heating protocols affect the efficacy of using erbium, chromium; yttrium, scandium, gallium, garnet ...
Experimental Measurements of the Temperature Variation Along Artery-Vein Pairs from 200 to 1000 μm Diameter in Rat Hind Limb
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Theoretical studies have indicated that a significant fraction of all blood-tissue heat transfer occurs in artery-vein pairs whose arterial diameter varies between 200 and 1000 μm. In this study, ...