Table 2.
Thermal and acoustic properties of tissues used in biothermal modeling studies (Duck 2013, Hasgall et al. 2018, Adams et al. 2016).
Tissue | Density (kg/m3) |
Attenuation (Np/m) |
Thermal conductivity (W/m/°C) |
Specific heat (J/kg/°C) |
Perfusion rate (kg/m3/s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Soft Tissue | 1050 | 6.9f | 0.51 | 3639 | 2 |
Luminal Wall | 1045 | 5f | 0.53 | 3698 | 6.75 |
Blood | 1050 | - | 0.52 | 3617 | - |
f:frequency (MHz)