A technique for identifying the total space or temperature dependent thermal parameters (TITP) of biological materials in vivo

A new algorithm for simultaneously identifying the space or temperature dependent conductivity K, blood perfusion rate IW/sub b/, metabolic rate q/sub m/, and thermal diffusibility /spl alpha/ in Pennes' equation is postulated. The obtained over determined equations are solved by way of Householder's transformation. The validity of the method is tested through an example.