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Experimental Characterization of Skin Biothermomechanics

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Introduction to Skin Biothermomechanics and Thermal Pain

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In the previous chapter, a mathematical approach has been introduced for determining the thermomechanical response in skin tissue, e.g. that induced by electromagnetic heating whereby simulating medical treatments. Whilst insightful, there are, nonetheless, some limitations, where the main deficiency is that the skin tissue is assumed to have constant properties due to the comparatively few relative studies. More experiments are thus needed to better understand the variation in properties with temperature and the corresponding collagen denaturation, so that these properties can be reliably used in future, more sophisticated models.

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Xu, F., Lu, T. (2011). Experimental Characterization of Skin Biothermomechanics. In: Introduction to Skin Biothermomechanics and Thermal Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13202-5_10

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