Temperature field in burned and healthy tissue : sensitivity analysis with respect to the thermal parameters

A non-homogeneous system being the composition of burn wound and healthy tissue is considered. The heat exchange between sub-domains and environment is described by the system of partial differential equations (the Pennes equations) supplemented by the assumed boundary conditions. Additional problems associated with sensitivity analysis with respect to thermal parameters occurring in the mathematical model are formulated. Both the basic problem and additional ones concerning the sensitivity with respect to selected parameters are solved using the boundary element method. In the final part of the paper the results of computations are shown.