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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2017 Apr 21;128(3):875–884. doi: 10.3171/2016.11.JNS16976

TABLE 2:

Parameters used for Bioheat transfer (BHT) equation to determine the temperature rise at the focus and the total thermal dose delivered.

Material Parameter Value Units
Water heat capacity 4180 J/kg/K
thermal conductivity 0.6 W/m/K
perfusion rate 0 kg/m3/s
Grey Matter heat capacity 3696 J/kg/K
thermal conductivity 0.55 W/m/K
perfusion rate 14.1 kg/m3/s
baseline temperature 37 K
Sonication Sequence initial sonication duration 0.0437 sec
number of additional pulse sequences 399 -
duty factor 43.7 %
pulse cycle period 0.1 sec
cool-off duration 5 sec