Table III.
Contrast in biophysical properties between tumor and normal lung considered in simulations under scenarios 1 – 4
Scenario | Background lung | Tumor | |||
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Dielectric | Thermal | Dielectric | Thermal | Necrotic core | |
1 | Random sampling (Table I) | Upper Envelope (Table I) | Random sampling (Table II) | Yes | |
2 | Random sampling (Table I) | Same as background lung | Yes | ||
3 | Random sampling (Table I) | Upper Envelope (Table I) | Random sampling (Table II) | No | |
4 | Lower envelope (Table I) | Random sampling (Table I) | Upper Envelope (Table I) | Random sampling (Table II) | Yes |