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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2009 Feb 12;7181:10.1117/12.808499. doi: 10.1117/12.808499

Table-1. Nominal Property Values (assumed for 150 MHz).

Relative electric permittivity, εR,
εR=εε0
Electrical conductivity, σ (S/m) Density, ρ (kg/m3) Specific heat, Ct (J/kg/°K) Thermal conductivity, k (W/m/°C) Blood perfusion, wb (kg/m3/s)
Blood - - - 3770 - -
Bone cortical 14.4 0.07 1700 1300 2.3 0.0
Bone marrow 6.1 0.024 1700 1300 0.58 0.1
Fat 5.8 0.037 900 2987 0.33 1.1
Muscle 62.2 0.727 1050 3639 0.50 3.6
Tumor 68 0.9 1050 3639 0.50 1.8
Water 78 0.002 996 4178 0.61 -

Permittivity of vacuum, ε0 = 8.854*10−12 Farad/m and permeability of vacuum, μ0 = 4*π*10−7 Henry/m. The permeabilities of all tissues were assumed to be equal to that of vacuum.