• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2014

Objectives This study aims to analyze a thermal distribution in biological living tissue during warm needling therapy by using a finite element method. The analysis provides an understanding of warm needling's efficacy and safety. Methods A model which consisted of four-layered tissue and stainless steel needle was adopted to analyze the thermal distribution in living tissue with a bioheat transfer analysis. The governing equation for the analysis was a Pennes' bioheat equation. A heat source characteristic of warm needling therapy was obtained by previous experimental measurements. The first analysis of the time-dependent temperature distribution was conducted through points on a boundary between the needle and the tissue. The second analysis was conducted to visualize the horizontal temperature distribution. Results When heat source's peak temperatures was above $500^{\circ}C$ and temperature rising rates were relatively slow, the peak temperature at skin surface exceeded a threshold of pain and tissue damage ($45^{\circ}C$), whereas when the peak temperature was around $400^{\circ}C$, the peak temperature at the skin surface was within a safe limit. In addition, the conduction of combustion energy from the moxa was limited to the skin layer around the needle. Conclusions The results suggest that the skin layer around the needle can be heated effectively by warm needling therapy, but it appears to have little effect at the deeper tissue. These findings enhance our understanding of the efficacy and the safety of the warm needling therapy.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.509-510
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• 2007

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.757-762
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 표면에 사인주기의 온도변화를 주었을 때 인체피부 조직의 온도변화에 대해 연구 하였다. 표피, 진피 및 피하조직으로 이루어진 피부 각 층의 서로 다른 물성치의 영향을 Pennes 열전달 방정식을 이용한 수치해석방법으로 풀이하여 조사하였다. 각 조직의 서로 다른 물성치가 온도분포에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다. 또 물성치 변화의 영향을 많이 받는 진피부분에 대해서 관류율의 영향을 조사하였다. 해석 결과 동일한 물성치를 사용한 경우와 달리 서로 다른 물성치를 사용하였을 때, 피부깊이에 따른 온도분포가 불연속적으로 나타났다.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.731-744
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• 2002

The temperature distribution in human skin and subdermal tissue layer is presented using bioheat transfer equation. The body temperature is determined by the balance between heat produced and heat lost by our body. The time-dependent solutions have been found to be affected by the metabolic heat generation rate, blood mass flow, the rate of evaporation of perspiration and also by the atmospheric temperature. The analytic solutions for different layers have been calculated numerically and are also shown graphically.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권9호
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• pp.1289-1294
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• 2018

The present study aims to investigate experimentally and theoretically thermal ablation in soft tissues by using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to assess tissue damage during HIFU thermotherapy. The HIFU field was calculated by solving the axisymmetric Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov equation from the frequency-domain perspective. The temperature field was calculated by solving Pennes' bioheat transfer equation, and the thermal dose required to create a thermal lesion was calculated by using the thermal dose formula based on the thermal dose of a 240-min exposure at $43^{\circ}C$. In order to validate the simulation results, we performed thermal ablation experiments in a tissue-mimicking phantom and ex-vivo porcine liver for two different HIFU source conditions by using a 1.1-MHz, single-element, spherically focused HIFU transducer. The small difference between the measured and the predicted lesion sizes suggests that the implementation of the numerical model used here should be modified to iteratively allow for temperature-dependent changes in the physical properties of tissues.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.467-475
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• 2002

가온 프로브를 사용하여 직장을 통한 온열치교법이 비침습적 전립선치료의 한 방법으로 사용되고 있으나 직장벽 내에서의 과도한 온도에 의한 가열은 장점막의 손상을 입힐 뿐만 아니라 전립선 전체를 적절한 온도까지 가열하기가 어렵다고 알려져 있다. 따라서 전립선과 온열치료 시스템 사이에서 일어나는 열전달 메카니즘에 관한 보다 정확한 이해가 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 전립선 표면에 가해진 냉.온 자극이 전립선 내부의 온도 분포에 미치는 영향을 수치해석을 이용하여 검토하였다. 유한체적 프로그램인 "FLUENT"를 사용하여 비정상상태의 열전도방정식을 해석하여 전립선 내의 시간에 따른 온도분포를 고찰하고, 가열 및 냉각시간, 가열 및 냉각온도 등이 전립선 내부의 온도분포와 온열효과가 전달되는 영역을 규명하였다. 온열 치료법(40~45$^{\circ}C$)에 의해 온열효과가 나타나는 전립선의 내부 영역을 가시화하고, 가열/냉각의 반복 자극이 전립선의 온도분포에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과 통상적인 온열 치료법에 의한 온열효과는 전립선의 낮은 열전도도의 영향에 의해 전립선의 일부 영역에만 도달되는 한계를 보였다. 가열/냉각의 냉.온 자극을 반복하면서 열적 자극효과를 고려한 냉.온 치료시스템을 개발하기 위하여 냉.온 자극 온도와 시간이 전립선 내부에 미치는 열전달 메카니즘을 고찰하여 원하는 자극주기와 전립선 내부 온도자극 정도를 설정하기 위한 유효한 자극패턴을 제시할 수 있는 기초자료를 획득하였다. 또한, 전립선 조직내부를 통과하는 혈액의 유동이 조직의 온도분포 및 열전달에 미치는 영향을 검토한 결과 냉온 자극 강도에 큰 영향을 미치지 않을 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 결과는 냉온자극에 의한 전립선치료기의 자극프로브의 형상 설계와 가열에 의한 온열 효과 및 가열/냉각의 반복에 의한 열자극 효과를 동시에 얻을 수 있는 자극시스템을 개발하는 데에 유용하게 사용할 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2015

해상 사고에 의한 익수자는 저체온증에 의한 사망 위험에 노출되어 있다. 구명 동의 등을 착용함으로써 부력은 유지할 수 있으나 해수의 낮은 온도에 의한 신체의 열손실은 짧은 시간 내에 체온을 하강시키고 그에 따른 저체온증 사망이 우려된다. 전통적인 구명 동의는 고체형 부력체를 사용하여 부력을 향상 시키고 있으나, 구명 동의에 공기를 채움으로써 부력 및 체온 보존 효과를 얻을 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구는 고체형 충진재를 이용한 기존의 비 팽창형 구명 동의와 공기를 채운 팽창형 구명 동의의 단열 성능을 비교하고, 각각의 방법이 체온 변화에 미치는 영향을 정성적으로 평가하고자 한다. 먼저 열저항 모델을 이용한 대략적인 단열 성능의 비교를 실시하고, 유한요소법을 이용하여 Pennes의 신체 열전달 해석을 수행하여 시간에 따른 체온 변화를 수치적으로 검토하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.644-653
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• 2019

With the development of themal observatory device(TOD), thermal camouflage system has been applied not only to the weapon system but also to the combat suit for soldiers. In this paper, the characteristic of thermal radiation of human body depending on the clothing material properties was analyzed through numerical simulations. The bioheat equation with thermoregulatory model was solved to obtain the realistic surface temperature of human body and these results are combined with the emissivity of human skin and clothing in order to calculate the thermal signature from the human body. According to each thermal resistance of clothing, the optimal background radiance which makes contrast radiance intensity(CRI) be lowest is different. Also, the average CRI variation per thermal resistance change is about twice as much as the case of evaporative resistance change.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2010

Purpose: The aim of this study was to do numerical analysis of the wavelength dependence in low level laser therapy (LLLT) using a finite element method (FEM). Methods: Numerical analysis of heat transfer based on a Pennes' bioheat equation was performed to assess the wavelength dependence of effects of LLLT in a single layer and in multilayered tissue that consists of skin, fat and muscle. The three different wavelengths selected, 660 nm, 830 nm and 980 nm, were ones that are frequently used in clinic settings for the therapy of musculoskeletal disorders. Laser parameters were set to the power density of 35.7 W/$cm^2$, a spot diameter of 0.06 cm, and a laser exposure time of 50 seconds for all wavelengths. Results: Temperature changes in tissue based on a heat transfer equation using a finite element method were simulated and were dominantly dependent upon the absorption coefficient of each tissue layer. In the analysis of a single tissue layer, heat generation by fixed laser exposure at each wavelength had a similar pattern for increasing temperature in both skin and fat (980 nm > 660 nm > 830 nm), but in the muscle layer 660nm generated the most heat (660 nm ${\gg}$ 980 nm > 830 nm). The heat generation in multilayered tissue versus penetration depth was shown that the temperature of 660 nm wavelength was higher than those of 830 nm and 980 nm Conclusion: Numerical analysis of heat transfer versus penetration depth using a finite element method showed that the greatest amount of heat generation is seen in multilayered tissue at = 660 nm. Numerical analysis of heat transfer may help lend insight into thermal events occurring inside tissue layers during low level laser therapy.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2023

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) occurs when abdominal pressure increases, such as sneezing, exercising, and laughing. Surgical and non-surgical treatments are the common methods of SUI treatment; however, the conventional treatments still require continuous and invasive treatment. Laser have been used to treat SUI, but excessive temperature increase often causes thermal burn on urethra tissue. Therefore, the optimal conditions must be considered to minimize the thermal damage for the laser treatment. The current study investigated the feasibility of the laser irradiation condition for SUI treatment using non-ablative 980 nm laser from a safety perspective through numerical simulations. COMSOL Multiphysics was used to analyze the numerical simulation model. The Pennes bioheat equation with the Beer's law was used to confirm spatio-temporal temperature distributions, and Arrhenius equation defined the thermal damage caused by the laser-induced heat. Ex vivo porcine urethral tissue was tested to validate the extent of both temperature distribution and thermal damage. The temperature distribution was symmetrical and uniformly observed in the urethra tissue. A muscle layer had a higher temperature (28.3 ℃) than mucosal (23.4 ℃) and submucosal layers (25.5 ℃). MT staining revealed no heat-induced collagen and muscle damage. Both control and treated groups showed the equivalent thickness and area of the urethral mucosal layer. Therefore, the proposed numerical simulation can predict the appropriate irradiation condition (20 W for 15 s) for the SUI treatment with minimal temperature-induced tissue.