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. 2015 Sep 22;10:201. doi: 10.1186/s13014-015-0510-9

Table 1.

Electromagnetic and thermal properties of brain tissue

Tissue Permittivity Electrical conductivity [S/m] Density [kg/m3] Heat capacity [J/kg/°C] Thermal conductivity [W/m/°C] Heat transfer rate [ml/min/kg] Heat generation rate [W/kg]
300 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz 300 MHz 500 MHz 1 GHz
White matter 43.8 41 38.6 0.41 0.47 0.62 1041 3583 0.48 212 4.32
Grey matter 60 55.8 52.3 0.69 0.78 0.99 1045 3696 0.55 764 15.54
Blood 65.7 63.3 61.1 1.32 1.38 1.58 1060 3900 0.52 10000 0

Electromagnetic and thermal properties for 300 MHz, 500 MHz and 1 GHz of brain grey matter, brain white matter and blood used in the electromagnetic simulations with the human voxel model “Ella” [28]. All other material parameters used in the electromagnetic field simulations (e.g., skin or fat) can be found in [29]