Figure 7.

Temperature distribution dynamics. A 10 GHz microwave pulse of 3 s duration with a power density of 5 W cm^-2 was applied at t = 1 s. The layer of air farthest from the skin (2 mm) was set to 25°C, the skin surface was at 34°C before the RF field was applied and the core temperature (here 20 mm deep) was at 37°C. The temperature-independent blood perfusion level was assumed to be 10 ml/100 g min. Temperature change from baseline as a function of distance from skin surface is shown for different time points (2, 3 and 4 s).