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. 2013 Sep 5;10:52. doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-10-52

Table 2.

Lobule regular lattice flow parameters

Parameter Characteristic (SI) unit STARS unit
Sinusoid Grid Cell Size
6 μm
0.0006 cm
Sinusoid Porosity: ϕsin
0.7854
0.7854
Sinusoid Permeability: Ksin
1.125 μm2
1.140 Darcy
Sinusoid Effective Diffusion: Dsin
4.2 × 10-10 m2/sec
2.5 × 10-4 cm2/min
Tissue Grid Cell Size: 2a
24 μm
0.0024 cm
Tissue Porosity (Ideal): ϕtis
0.4764
0.4764
Tissue Permeability (Ideal): Ktis
1.230 μm2
1.246 Darcy
Tissue Porosity (Base): ϕtis
0.2382
0.2382
Tissue Permeability (Base): Ktis
7.35 × 10-2 μm2
7.45 × 10-2 Darcy
Tissue Porosity (ECM): ϕtis
0.1191
0.1192
Tissue Permeability (ECM): Ktis
6.883 × 10-3 μm2
6.97 × 10-3 Darcy
Tissue Effective Diffusion: Dtis
4.2 × 10-11 m2/sec
2.5 × 10-5 cm2/min
Blood Viscosity: μ 3.5 × 10-3 Pa-sec 3.5 cpoise

(1 Darcy = 0.9869 μm2 in engineering permeability units).