The application and development of Pennes' biological heat transfer model in human comfort and thermal therapy

IF 6.4 2区工程技术 Q1 MECHANICS

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer Pub Date : 2025-10-11 DOI:10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2025.109724

Chongyuan Li , Junkai Yao , Yuefeng Li , Yin Wei , Mengsheng Li , Yuhao Shen , Gaowei Shao , Haichao Feng , Hao Zheng

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Abstract

Since Pennes' bioheat equation was proposed in 1948, bioheat transfer research has seen many insightful models, yet challenges like tissue heterogeneity, dynamic changes, and complex boundary conditions persist. Given that there is currently no comprehensive literature that systematically reviews the development and wide application of the Pennes equation, This review examines the equation's applications in human thermal comfort and thermotherapy, highlighting its role in modeling heat conduction in biological tissues. Studies show that Pennes-based models aid in understanding physiological processes, enable the development of novel medical tools, and have broad uses in TCM moxibustion and thermal comfort assessment. The review further discusses the model's potential in personalized medicine and AI integration, emphasizing the need for continued research to advance thermoregulatory insights, clinical solutions, and disease thermodiagnostics.

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Pennes生物传热模型在人体舒适与热疗中的应用与发展

自1948年Pennes的生物热方程提出以来，生物传热研究已经出现了许多有见地的模型，但组织异质性、动态变化和复杂边界条件等挑战仍然存在。鉴于目前还没有全面的文献系统地回顾Pennes方程的发展和广泛应用，本文综述了Pennes方程在人体热舒适和热治疗中的应用，重点介绍了Pennes方程在模拟生物组织热传导中的作用。研究表明，基于pennes的模型有助于理解生理过程，促进新型医疗工具的开发，并在中医艾灸和热舒适评估中具有广泛的应用。该综述进一步讨论了该模型在个性化医疗和人工智能集成方面的潜力，强调需要继续研究以推进体温调节见解、临床解决方案和疾病热诊断。

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International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 工程技术-力学

CiteScore

11.00

自引率

10.00%

发文量

648

审稿时长

32 days

期刊介绍： International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer serves as a world forum for the rapid dissemination of new ideas, new measurement techniques, preliminary findings of ongoing investigations, discussions, and criticisms in the field of heat and mass transfer. Two types of manuscript will be considered for publication: communications (short reports of new work or discussions of work which has already been published) and summaries (abstracts of reports, theses or manuscripts which are too long for publication in full). Together with its companion publication, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, with which it shares the same Board of Editors, this journal is read by research workers and engineers throughout the world.