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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Radiat Res. 2010 Jul;174(1):91–100. doi: 10.1667/RR1933.1

TABLE 1.

Anatomical Structures of MRI-Based Head Model and Electrical Properties at 915 MHz and 1748 MHz

Anatomical structural entities Density (kg/m3) 915 MHzd
1748 MHzd
σ (S/m) εr σ (S/m) εr
Brain
 Gray matter 1030a 0.94 52.72 1.36 50.19
 White matter 1030a 0.59 38.88 0.89 37.09
 Cerebrospinal fluid 1010a 2.41 68.63 2.89 67.28
Non-brain
 Adipose 920a 0.11 11.33 0.18 11.04
 Air (respiration/digestion/sinus) 1.3b 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00
 Aqueous humor 1010a,c 1.64 68.90 2.00 68.60
 Bone (facial) 1850b 0.14 12.45 0.27 11.81
 Connective tissue 1100a 0.78 42.65 1.25 40.34
 Cornea 1076c 1.39 55.23 1.83 52.87
 CSF subarachnoid 1010a 2.41 68.63 2.89 67.28
 Bone marrow 1080b 0.34 20.79 0.57 19.41
 Dura 1030a 0.96 44.42 1.29 42.97
 Ear/pinna 1100a 0.78 42.65 1.25 40.34
 Epidermis 1100a 0.86 41.40 1.16 38.96
 Inner table (skull) 1850b 0.14 12.45 0.27 11.81
 Lens 1100c 0.79 46.57 1.12 45.41
 Muscle 1040d 0.97 55.96 1.36 54.51
 Nasal structures 1100a 0.78 42.65 1.25 40.34
 Nerve 1040a 0.57 32.53 0.83 30.93
 Orbital fat 920a 0.11 11.33 0.18 11.04
 Outer table (skull) 1850b 0.14 12.45 0.27 11.81
 Retina/choroid/sclera 1170a 1.17 55.27 1.57 53.65
 Soft tissue 1100a 0.78 42.65 1.25 40.34
 Spinal cord 1040a 0.57 32.53 0.83 30.93
 Subcutaneous tissue 1100a 0.78 42.65 1.25 40.34
 Subcutaneous fat 920a 0.11 11.33 0.18 11.04
 Teeth 1850b 0.14 12.45 0.27 11.81
 Tongue 1040d 0.97 55.96 1.36 54.51
 Vitreous humor 1010a,c 1.64 68.90 2.00 68.60
a

Ref. (30).

b

Ref. (6).

c

Ref. (31).

d

Ref. (19).