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. 2014 Aug 5;7:32. doi: 10.3389/fneng.2014.00032

Table 1.

Human head tissue resistivity and conductivity values.

Tissue Mean Resistivity with lower/upper bounds (Ohm cm) Mean Conductivity (S/cm)
Air Internal 50,000 (50,000 to 100,000) 2E-5
Air External 100,000 1E-6
Basal Ganglia 700 1.42E-3
Blood 160 (80 to 240) 6.25E-3
Brain White Matter 700 (350 to 1,050) 1.42E-3
Brain Gray Matter 300 (150 to 450) 3.334E-3
Cerebellum 650 (325 to 975) 1.54E-3
Cerebrospinal Fluid 65 (32.5 to 97.5) 1.54E-2
Corpus Callosum 834 1.199E-3
Dura 1,667 (1,000 to 5,000) 6E-4
Eye 200 (100 to 400) 5E-3
Fat 2,500 (1,250 to 5,000) 4E-4
Muscle 1,000 (200 to 1,800) 1E-3
Salivary Glands 576 1.74E-3
Scalp and Skin 230 (115 to 345) 4.35E-3
Skull Hard Bone 16,000 (8,000 to 40,000) 6.25E-5
Skull Soft Bone 2,500 (1,250 to 3,750) 4E-4
Soft Tissue 500 (250 to 750) 2E-3
Thalamus 112 8.93E-3

Mean values and lower and upper bounds of some of the tissues are included.