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J Appl Physiol 65: 1110-1118, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 65, Issue 3 1110-1118, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Temperature profiles with respect to inhomogeneity and geometry of the human body

J. Werner and M. Buse
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Institut fur Physiologie, Federal Republic of Germany.

Temperature profiles within the human body are highly dependent on the geometry and inhomogeneity of the body. Physical parameters such as density and heat conductivity of the various tissues and variables such as blood flow and metabolic heat production of different organs are spatially distributed and thereby influence the temperature profiles within the human body. Actual physiological knowledge allows one to take into account up to 54 different spatially distributed values for each parameter. An adequate representation of the anatomy of the body requires a spatial three-dimensional grid of at least 0.5-1.0 cm. This is achieved by photogrammetric treatment of three-dimensional anatomic models of the human body. As a first essential result, the simulation system has produced a realistic picture of the topography of temperatures under neutral conditions. Compatibility of reality and simulation was achieved solely on the basis of physical considerations and physiological data base. Therefore the simulation is suited to the extrapolation of temperature profiles that cannot be obtained experimentally.


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