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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Phys. 2021 May 27;48(7):3991–4003. doi: 10.1002/mp.14923

Table II.

Muscle tissue biophysical properties employed in fem simulations

Parameter Unit Mean, STD, Min., Max. Temperature dependency
Volumetric heat capacity, ρc MJ m−3K−1 3.73, 0.024, 2.73, 4.48 Piecewise constant 38
Thermal conductivity, k W m−1K−1 0.49, 0.04, 0.42, 0.56 Piecewise linear 38
Blood perfusion rate, ωbl W m−3K−1 Perfusion is set to same value as in background lung.
Air ventilation rate, ωair W m−3 No air ventilation heat sink