Thermal relaxation parameters estimation of non-Fourier heat transfer in laser-irradiated living tissue using the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm

Abstract

The present work is concerned with solving the inverse heat transfer problem (IHTP) to estimate the thermal relaxation parameters corresponding to the dual phase lag (DPL) model-based bio-heat transfer in laser-irradiated living tissue. This problem is divided into two parts: direct and inverse problems. The solution of the inverse problem has been obtained using the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm. On the other hand, the solution to the direct problem is obtained by solving the DPL model-based bio-heat transfer equation (BHTE) with the transient radiative transfer equation (TRTE). So, the TRTE has been numerically solved by the modified discrete ordinate method (DOM) to find the intensity field in the living tissue subjected to short-pulsed laser radiation, and it acts as a heat source in the DPL model-based BHTE. So, the DPL model-based BHTE has been analytically solved by employing the finite integral transform technique to get the temperature variation inside the laser-irradiated living tissue. First, the computer code developed for estimating unknown thermal relaxation parameters using the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm has been verified against the data given in the literature, and found good agreement between them. Then, the thermal response of laser-irradiated living tissue has been investigated. After that, the influence of sensor position on the sensitivity of the IHTP solution has been discussed. The impact of the total transient readings and the measurement error on estimating the unknown parameters have been investigated. The present study’s findings can significantly contribute to various parameter estimation problems where the conventional methods for direct measurements of parameters are impossible or very difficult. Furthermore, the current results may considerably impact the study of the thermic response of living tissue during laser-based photothermal therapy.

Keywords:

• Bio-heat transfer
• dual-phase lag
• inverse heat transfer problem
• laser-tissue interaction
• Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm, parameter estimation
• transient radiative transfer

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