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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2012 May 15;59(9):2431–2438. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2199492

TABLE I.

Dielectric Values Used in Numerical Breast Phantoms

Material εr σ (S/m)

Glandular Tissue (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 55, 45, 35 0.6, 0.5, 0.4
Transitional Tissue (2) 25 0.3
Adipose Tissue (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) 15, 10, 5 0.2, 0.15, 0.1
Skin 40 1.0
Muscle (Chest Wall) 65 2.0
Matching Fluid 24 0.5