Figure 12

Skin surface temperature profiles during thermal recovery for an h=3.8 mm deep multilayer DTI. (a) Temperature profiles for the multilayer DTI shown as a function of location and time (b) Temperature profiles at t=0.5, 2 and 5 min during the thermal recovery period. At t=0.5 min the competing effects of ischemia (accompanied by temperature decrease in the central region) and inflammation (accompanied by temperature increase with maxima at the edges of the low-temperature central region) are observed. (c) Temperature distribution along the skin surface in steady state for the multilayer DTI and healthy tissue.