Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 624-631 , July 2009

Modelling of experimentally created partial-thickness human skin burns and subsequent therapeutic cooling: A new measure for cooling effectiveness

  • Dominique Van de Sompel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering Science & Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Tze Yean Kong

      Affiliations

    • The Stoke Mandeville Burns & Reconstructive Surgery Research Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Yiannis Ventikos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering Science & Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1865 283452.

Received 4 March 2008 ,Revised 24 September 2008 ,Accepted 20 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.016

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 624-631 , July 2009

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