Published: 15 March 2019

Three-dimensional biological tissue under high-order effect of two-temperature thermal lagging to thermal responses due to a laser irradiation

Hamdy M. Youssef1
Najat A. Alghamdi2
1, 2Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Corresponding Author:
Hamdy M. Youssef
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Abstract

Using the lasers and heat transfer through biological skin tissue is essential for the processes of the medical treatment. Thus, two-temperature bio-heat transfer equations were introduced and used to discuss the variation of temperature in a laser-irradiated biological tissue. As a result, the Laplace and Fourier transform techniques have been applied, and the solutions of the conductive temperature have been represented in figures. The two-temperature parameter, the penetration depth parameter, the dimensions of the rectangular laser pulse, and the power density of laser irradiation parameter have significant effects on the thermal waves through the skin tissue.

1. Introduction

In the medical applications, the use of lasers has increased over the past half-century. For increasing the therapy quality, the observation of thermal damage is important. Effect of the laser irradiation on the biological tissues takes different types. The most common of those applications include the thermal effects. The thermal interaction is the most important since temperature rising due to thermal effects is a final factor to produce thermal damage. Due to lack of knowledge about the thermal reaction and response, the clinical doctors could not control the times of using the laser power [1-4]. To predict the thermal damage quantity, it is required to study the thermal response caused by the laser energy deposition. As a result, the analysis of thermal transport is essential to make an improvement to the treatment qualification and for more safety. The experiment is an essential method to know the medical treatment problems [4, 5]. The most famous researchers studied the bioheat transfer in the biological skin tissues are Pennes [6], Abramson [7]. The Pennes bio-heat transfer equation is used to simulate and model the thermal behavior in the biological bodies. The review paper [8] represented many attempts to model the thermal behavior of the human body. Xu et al. [9, 10] presented a system discussion to the DPL effects on the bio-thermo-mechanical behavior of skin tissues. The linear DPL equation has been used in various theoretical studies [11-13]. Youssef applies the two-temperature heat conduction in many applications [14, 15].

2. Materials and method

Consider homogeneous skin tissue in three-dimensional fills the region Ψwhich is defined by Ψ=x,y,z: 0x<, -<y<,-<z< where the skin is initially at rest and has been thermally shocked by laser irradiation with a rectangular pulse at the bounding plane to the surface. Tzou proposed the DPL model in the classical heat flux model as [16]. Youssef proposed the two-temperature model to differentiate between the conductive temperature and the dynamical temperature as [17].

1
K1+τTt+τT222 t22TC =1+τqt+τq222 t2ρCTDt+WbCbρpTD-Tb-Qmet+Qext,

where T is the temperature, K the heat conductivity, t is the time, τq, τT are the phase lag of the heat flux and the phase lag of the temperature gradient, respectively, ρ is the density, C is the specific heat, Cb and Wb are the specific heat and perfusion rate of blood. Qmet is the metabolic heat generation and Qext is the heat source for spatial heating, Tb is the arterial temperature, TC is the conductive temperature, and TD is the dynamical temperature:

2
TC-TD=β 2TC,

where β is a non-negative parameter which is called two-temperature parameter.

The term WbCbTD-Tb expresses the heat caused by convection within the head per unit mass of the tissue and it is considered to be homogenous.

Assume the functions φ and θ is as follows:

3
φx,y,z,t=TCx,y,z,t-Tb, θx,y,z,t=TDx,y,z,t-Tb.

From Eqs. (1) and (2), we obtain:

4
K1+τTt+τT222 t22φ = 1+τqt+τq222 t2ρCθt+WbCbρpθ-Qmet+Qext,
5
θ=φ-β 2φ,

where 2=2x2+2y2+2z2.

Due to the chemical reactions within the tissues, the metabolic heat source is valid, and it is assumed to be a constant Qmet= 368.1 W/m3. When the laser beam shocked the skin surface, the laser energy is absorbed, scattered, and transmitted. Lambert expresses the laser power intensity along the tissue depth-Beer’s law, as follows [2]:

6
Ix,y,z,t=I0e-δxHtHa-yHb-z

Heat generation due to scattering is assumed to be negligible; therefore, the specific absorption rate in the target zone can be expressed as follows:

7
-Ix=Qextx,y,z,t=lI0e-δxHtHa-yHb-z.

In the Eq. (6), I0 (W/m2) represents the power density of laser irradiation and Ht is the Heaviside unit step function. The parameter δ represents the penetration depth. It means, the rectangular thermal pulse of the laser irradiation acts on a band of width 2a centered on the y-axis and 2b centered around the z-axis on the surface of the half-space x=0 and is zero elsewhere:

8
K1+τTt+τT222 t22 =1+τqt+τq222 t2
ρCθt+WbCbρpθ-lI0e-δxHtHa-yHb-z+Qmet.

Applying the Laplace transform for Eqs. (5), (7) and (8) defined as:

9
f-s=0fte-stdt,

where:

10
φx,tt=0=θx,tt=0=φx,ttt=0=θx,ttt=0=0.

Thus, we get:

11
KhT2φ-=hqρC s+WbCbρpθ--Qmet hqs-hqδI0sHa-yHb-ze-δx,
12
θ-=φ--β 2φ-,

where hT=1+sτT-s2τT22, hq=1+sτq-s2τq22.

3. The governing equations in the Fourier transform domain

Using double Fourier transform for any function fx,y which is defined as follows:

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Ff-x,y,z,s=f-~x,p,q,s=12π--f-x,y,z,s e-ipy+qzdydz,

where the inversion transform of the double Fourier transform takes the form:

21
F-1f-~x,p,q,s=f-x,y,z,s=12π--f-~x,p,q,s eipy+qzdpdq,

Hence, we have:

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2φ-~x2-p2φ-~-q2φ-~=hqρC s+WbCbρpK hTθ-~
-2δI0hqsinpasinqbπ s pqK hTe-δx-Qmet hqδpδqsK hT,
24
θ-~=1+βp2+q2φ-~-β2φ-~x2.

By eliminating θ-~ from Eqs. (15) and (16), we get the following differential equation:

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2φ-~x,sx2 -λ2φ-~x,s=-k1e-lx-k2, 0xL

where:

λ2=hqρCs+WbCbρp1+βp2+q2+KhTp2+q2KhT+βhqρCs+WbCbρp,
k1=2δI0sinpasinqbhq πspqKhT+βhqρCs+WbCbρp, k2=QmetδpδqhqsKhT+βhqρCs+WbCbρp.

The general solution of the differential Eq. (17) takes the form:

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φ-~x,p,q,s=c1eλx+c2e-λx-k1δ2-λ2e-δx+k2λ2, 0xL,

where c1 and c2 are some parameters which have to be determined.

Apply the boundary conditions:

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φ-~x,p,q,sxx=0=-Qext0,y,z,t=-q0, φ-~x,p,q,sxx=L=0.

Hence, we obtain:

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φ-~x,p,q,s=k3coshλL-x-k4coshλx-k1δ2-λ2e-δx+k2λ2, 0xL,

where:

k3=1λsinhλLδk1δ2-λ2+q0, k4=δk1e-δLλδ2-λ2sinhλL.

4. Results

The values of the relevant thermal parameters used in the present calculations are as follows in Table 1 [4, 9, 13, 18].

Table 1The material properties of the skin tissue

Parameter
Unit
Skin tissue
Parameter
Unit
Skin tissue
K
W/m°C
0.628
Wb
ml/Cm
0.00187
ρ
kg/m3
1000
Tb
°C
37
ρb
kg/m3
1060
τT
s
10
C
J/kg°C
4187
τq
s
15
Cb
J/kg°C
3860
L
m
0.05

5. Discussion

Fig. 1 shows the conductive temperature increment with a range of x-axis and various positions of y and z. The values of both y and z have significant effects. When the values of y and z are increasing, the value of the conductive temperature increment is decreasing. Fig. 2 shows the conductive temperature increment with a range of x-axis and various value of β and y=z= 0.0. The value of β has a significant effect. When the value of β is increasing, the value of the conductive temperature is increasing. Fig. 3 shows the conductive temperature distribution with a range of x-axis and various value of δ when y=z= 0.0. The value of δ has a significant effect. When δ is decreasing, the value of the conductive temperature is decreasing. Fig. 4 shows the conductive temperature distribution with a range of x-axis and various a, b and y=z= 0.0. The values of a and b have significant effects. When the values of a and b are increasing, the value of the conductive temperature is increasing. Fig. 5 shows the conductive temperature distribution with a range of x-axis and various value of I0 when y=z= 0.0. The value of I0 has a significant effect. When the value of I0 is increasing, the value of the conductive temperature is increasing.

Fig. 1The conductive temperature increment with various of y, z

The conductive temperature  increment with various of y, z

Fig. 2The conductive temperature increment distribution with various values of β

The conductive temperature increment distribution with various values of β

Fig. 3The conductive temperature increment distribution with various values of δ

The conductive temperature increment distribution with various values of δ

Fig. 4The conductive temperature increment distribution with various of a and b

The conductive temperature increment distribution with various of a and b

Fig. 5The conductive temperature increment with various of I0

The conductive temperature increment with various of I0

6. Conclusions

The two-temperature parameter, the dimensions of the rectangular laser pulse, the penetration depth parameter, and the power density of laser irradiation have significant effects on the conductive temperature.

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About this article

Received
14 January 2019
Accepted
21 January 2019
Published
15 March 2019
SUBJECTS
Biomechanics and biomedical engineering
Keywords
two-temperature
thermal lagging
biological tissue
laser irradiation
Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful for the support of this work as a part of the project provided by the “Long-Term Comprehensive National Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation” through STU of Umm Al-Qura University by Grant Number 14-MAT162-10.