Figure 11

Temperature distribution in multilayer DTIs. Color coded 2D temperature distributions (top row) and temperature profiles plotted along the line hh’ (bottom row) for multilayer DTIs for an (a) h=8 mm deep lesion with mild inflammation, (b) h=8 mm deep lesion with severe inflammation and an (c) h=3.8 mm deep lesion with mild inflammation. Temperature distributions are computed at 3.5 minutes into the thermal recovery, at a time when the temperature differences of interest are large. Temperature as a function of time during thermal recovery for healthy tissue, multilayer DTIs, ischemia and inflammation for (d) h=8 mm depth and mild inflammation (case (a)), (e) h=8 mm depth, severe inflammation (case (b)) and (f) h=3.8 mm depth, mild inflammation (case (c)).