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    Special Issue on Properties of Tissues and Their Measurements

    Journal of Medical Devices
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    This special issue focuses on systematically reviewing the methods to measure various properties of tissues and develop a database of tissue properties measured via reliable methods. The systematic review is expected to allow readers to easily identify the opportunities and limitations of current methods of measurements facilitating the selection of an appropriate method for one’s applications and to catalyze development of better measurement methods in future. Tissue property database can be used to evaluate thermal performance (i.e., temperature change and damage) of medical devices in the tissue of interest facilitating the development of safe and effective devices.

    This work is the result of the ASME’s efforts to engage academia, industry, and regulators and develop best practices, guidelines, and standards to facilitate thermal performance evaluation of medical devices.

    Topic Areas

    THE SCOPE OF THIS ISSUE INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
    • Thermal performance evaluation of medical devices
    • Measurement of optical, acoustic, and mechanical properties of tissue
    • Measurement of thermal properties of tissue for cryo applications
    • Measurement of thermal conductivity of tissue
    • Measurement of specific heat of tissue
    • Measurement of temperature and T1 and T2 relaxation times in MR
    • Measurement of blood flow
    • Assessment of thermal damage and safe touch temperature
    • Thermal property database for cryo application
    • Database of blood flow and optical, acoustic, thermal, and electromagnetic properties

    Special Issue Publication Dates


    Paper submission deadline: July 31, 2026
    Initial review completed: October 31, 2026
    Publication date: March 2027

    Submission Instructions

    Papers should be submitted electronically to the journal through the ASME Journal Tool. If you already have an account, log in as an author and select Submit Paper. If you do not have an account, you can create one here. 

    Once at the Paper Submittal page, select the Journal of Medical Devices and then under the Special Issue field, select Special Issue on Properties of Tissues and Their Measurements.

    Papers received after the deadline or papers not selected for the Special Issue may be accepted for publication in a regular issue.

    Guest Editors

    Devashish Shrivastava, PhD, Co-Owner, In Vivo Temperatures, LLC, USA (devashish.shrivastava@gmail.com)

    Martin L. Tanaka, Ph.D., P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Western Carolina University, USA  (mtanaka@wcu.edu) 

    Emily Porter, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering - Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada  (emily.porter@mcgill.ca)