Non-contact heat transfer models identification for laser hyperthermia of semi-transparent materials

The identification of mathematical models of heat transfer traditionally involves the installation of temperature sensors inside the sample under study and registration of the response to external thermal effects. In cases where the use of contact methods for measuring temperature is impossible, it is necessary to develop new approaches to determining the unknown thermophysical and radiation-optical characteristics. Laser hyperthermia of superficial tissues is one such case. The paper proposes a method for identifying a model of one-dimensional unsteady heating of a semitransparent sample using non-contact thermometry. A feature of the physical process under consideration is the possibility of its discretization. Due to this, a two-stage iterative procedure for solving the inverse heat transfer problem was formulated. The implementation of the proposed algorithm using software made it possible to carry out a computational experiment. The results showed the effectiveness of this approach. The presented method can be used in the development of means for monitoring and regulating the laser hyperthermia procedure.