...M. Pirtini Çetingül; C. Herman Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Each year more than 53,600 people learn that they have melanoma, and around 8700 people die from melanoma in the United States. Early detection is the key to improving survival in patients with malignant melanoma. We...

...Yang Yang; Jing Liu This paper reports the effects of atherosclerosis plaque on the human cervicum skin surface temperature. The classical Pennes bioheat equation and a 3-D model consisting of cervical vertebra, muscle, and skin layer is adopted to characterize the heat transfer in the cervicum...

...N. N. Johnson; J. P. Abraham; Z. I. Helgeson; W. J. Minkowycz; E. M. Sparrow A numerical model has been constructed to assess the depth of injury incurred when skin is exposed to heated water. The model includes an extended duration that occurs when clothing, saturated with hot water, is kept...