Abstract
A finite element model of the bioheat transfer equation has been developed to simulate the temperature distribution in the head of a subhuman primate. Simulations were made of the induction of deep hypothermia and of subsequent hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA). Simulations of the circulatory arrest phase were performed with different values of surface heat transfer coefficient and tissue metabolic heat generation. Numerical results were compared with experimental data for the same procedure. The simulations indicate the brain cools rapidly to a near isothermal condition in response to an infusion of cold arterial blood.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Paper) |
Publisher | ASME |
State | Published - 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering