“…20 This includes the temperature dependent specific heat of bloodless skin, 21 and the way we account for the latent heat of water vaporization (in agreement with other similar studies). 22,23 In the present study, we additionally take into account the temperature dependence of tissue thermal conductivity, k(T), which was found to have an observable effect on predicted temperature dynamics, and consequently the extent of epidermal, blood, and perivascular thermal damage.…”