Table 3. Thermal and mechanical properties of gray matter (Stujenske et al., 2015).
Variable | Parameter | Value | Units |
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Density | 1.04 × 10−3 | g/mm3 | |
Brain specific heat | 3.65 × 103 | mJ/g°C | |
Thermal conductivity | 0.527 | mW/mm °C | |
Blood density | 1.06 × 10−3 | g/mm3 | |
Blood specific heat | 3.6 × 103 | mJ/g°C | |
Blood perfusion rate | 8.5 × 10−3 | /s | |
Metabolic heat | 9.5 × 10−3 | mW/mm3 | |
Arterial temperature | 36.7 | °C |