Table 2.

Sensitivity analysis of the model parameters to determine their impact on the three temperatures (tumour, healthy tissue and blood compartments). The figures are relative percentage errors in each output for a 10% uncertainty in the considered parameter.

parameter	$\delta T[\text{\%}]$	$\delta T_b[\text{\%}]$	$\delta T_s[\text{\%}]$
ρ	−1.3 × 10−3	−1.9 × 10−5	−2.2 × 10−5
ρs	−7.9 × 10−5	−3.8 × 10−5	−8.9 × 10−5
C	−1.3 × 10−3	−1.9 × 10−5	−2.2 × 10−5
Cs	−9.0 × 10−5	−4.5 × 10−5	−9.7 × 10−5
Cb	−6.5 × 10−5	0.10	−0.27
CT	−5.8 × 10−4	−3.7 × 10−4	−4.2 × 10−4
mT	−5.9 × 10−4	−3.0 × 10−4	−4.3 × 10−4
A	−2.4 × 10−3	−3.1 × 10−3	−2.6 × 10−3
V	8.4 × 10−4	1.1 × 10−3	9.2 × 10−4
Vs	0.01	0.02	0.01
MET	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01
Q	0.19	−1.7 × 10−6	−2.1 × 10−6
Qs	−0.09	−0.1	−0.01
P	0.56	1.1 × 10−3	9.3 × 10−4
Ps	0.01	0.02	0.29
he	−2.4 × 10−3	−3.1 × 10−3	−2.6 × 10−3
κ	−0.1	−0.1	−0.1
ν	3.1 × 10−4	4.2 × 10−4	3.5 × 10−4
Tseq	9.17	10.06	9.65
TE	−2.1 × 10−4	−2.7 × 10−4	−2.3 × 10−4
w0	−0.65	0.1	−0.27
χ	1.2 × 10−5	5.9 × 10−6	−0.04