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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Eng Comput. 2009;25(1):3–13. doi: 10.1007/s00366-008-0109-y

Table 2.

Numerical values of thermal conductivity and blood perfusivity used in Pennes bioheat transfer model at the beginning of calibration [5]

k(u) = k0 + k1 atan(k2(u–k3)) ω(u) = ω0 + ω1 atan(ω2(u–ω3))
k 0 0.561 [J s–1m–1K–1] ω 0 0.255 [k g–1s–1m–1]
k 1 0.0427 [J s–1m–1K–1] ω 1 –0.137 [k g–1s–1m–1]
k 2 0.0252 [K–1] ω 2 2.3589 [K–1]
k 3 315.0 [K] ω 3 315.0 [K]