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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 71, 2017 - Issue 7
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Original Articles

Uncertainty analysis of thermal damage to living biological tissues by laser irradiation based on a generalized duel-phase lag model

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Pages 693-706 | Received 15 Dec 2016, Accepted 03 Mar 2017, Published online: 27 Apr 2017
 

ABSTRACT

The effects of uncertainties of laser exposure time, phase lag times, blood perfusion coefficient, scattering coefficient, and diffuse reflectance of light on the thermal damage of living biological tissue by laser irradiation are investigated using a sample-based stochastic model. The variabilities of input and output parameters are quantified using the coefficient of variance (COV) and interquartile range (IQR), respectively. The IQR analysis concluded that phase lag times for temperature gradient and heat flux, laser exposure time, and blood perfusion rate have more significant influences on the maximum temperature and maximum thermal damage of the living biological tissue induced by laser irradiation than the diffuse reflectance of light and scattering coefficient.

Nomenclature

A=

frequency factor [s−1]

E=

energy of activation of denaturation reaction [J/mol]

G=

coupling factor between blood and tissue [W/(m3 K)]

h=

heat transfer coefficient [W/(m2 K)]

k=

thermal conductivity [W/(m K)]

q=

heat flux vector [W/m2]

Rd=

diffuse reflectance of light

R=

universal gas constant [J/(mol K)]

r=

position vector [m]

QL=

heat source due to hyperthermia therapy [W/m3]

t=

time [s]

T=

average temperature [K]

w=

blood perfusion rate [m3/m3 tissue]

α=

thermal diffusivity [m2/s]

ε=

porosity

ρ=

density [kg/m3]

σ=

standard deviation

µ=

mean

τq=

phase lag time of the heat flux [s]

τT=

phase lag of the temperature gradient [s]

τL=

laser exposure time

φin=

incident laser irradiance

μa=

absorption coefficient [cm−1]

μs=

scattering coefficient [cm−1]

ϕ(x)=

local light irradiance

δ=

effective penetration depth

g=

scattering anisotropy

Ω=

damage parameter

(δx)w=

distance between W and P (two grid points)

(δx)e=

distance between P and E (two grid points)

Subscripts=
s=

solid matrix (tissue)

b=

blood vessel

Nomenclature

A=

frequency factor [s−1]

E=

energy of activation of denaturation reaction [J/mol]

G=

coupling factor between blood and tissue [W/(m3 K)]

h=

heat transfer coefficient [W/(m2 K)]

k=

thermal conductivity [W/(m K)]

q=

heat flux vector [W/m2]

Rd=

diffuse reflectance of light

R=

universal gas constant [J/(mol K)]

r=

position vector [m]

QL=

heat source due to hyperthermia therapy [W/m3]

t=

time [s]

T=

average temperature [K]

w=

blood perfusion rate [m3/m3 tissue]

α=

thermal diffusivity [m2/s]

ε=

porosity

ρ=

density [kg/m3]

σ=

standard deviation

µ=

mean

τq=

phase lag time of the heat flux [s]

τT=

phase lag of the temperature gradient [s]

τL=

laser exposure time

φin=

incident laser irradiance

μa=

absorption coefficient [cm−1]

μs=

scattering coefficient [cm−1]

ϕ(x)=

local light irradiance

δ=

effective penetration depth

g=

scattering anisotropy

Ω=

damage parameter

(δx)w=

distance between W and P (two grid points)

(δx)e=

distance between P and E (two grid points)

Subscripts=
s=

solid matrix (tissue)

b=

blood vessel

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