Abstract. In the paper the numerical analysis of thermal processes proceeding in the 2D homogeneous biological tissue subjected to laser irradiation is presented. In particular, the influence of necrotic changes in tissue on the values of the perfusion coefficient and effective scattering coefficient are discussed. The transient heat transfer is described by the bioheat transfer equation in the Pennes formulation. As a model of light distribution in tissue, the first-order scattering approach has been used. At the stage of numerical realization the 1 st scheme of the boundary element method has been applied.