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. 2020 Jun 2;37(1):549–563. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2020.1761462

Table 1.

Materials and dielectric parameters used for electromagnetic field simulations.

Model Component Material σ (S/m) ɛ r ρ (g/cm³)
Small tumor model Tumor growth Tumor 1.15 66.5 1025.5
Duke All tissues IT’IS database
Closed layer of CSF Dura → CSF 2.22 72.8 1007
Large tumor model Tumor growth Tumor 1.15 66.5 1025.5
Brain 40% WM + 60% GM 0.52 50.3 1043
Brainstem 40% WM + 60% GM 0.52 50.3 1043
Tissue Fat 0.07 11.7 911
Muscle 0.77 58.2 1090.4
Skull Bone 0.08 13.5 1908
Eye Vitreous humor 1.52 69.0 1004.5
Optical nerve Nerve 0.42 37.0 1075
Chiasm
Spinal cord
Vessels Blood 1.32 65.7 1049.8
Cavities Air 0 1 1
Pituitary gland Hypothalamus 0.85 62.5 1053
Hypothalamus
Heavy water resonator (design 1) Dielectric resonator Heavy water (D2O) 0.02 81 1000
Casing Plexiglass (PMMA) 0.025 3.6 1180
Antenna substrate FR-4 0.025 4.3 1800
Bow tie antenna PEC      
High permittivity resonator (designs 2–10) Dielectric resonator Ceramic slurry 0.2 200 6020
Casing Plexiglass (PMMA) 0.025 3.6 1180
Antenna substrate FR-4 0.025 4.3 1800
Bow tie antenna PEC      
Water bolus (designs 9 + 10) Deionized water 0.016 81 1000

WM: white matter; GM: gray matter.

Parameters sources: tumor tissue [34]; body tissues [35]; D2O, deionized water, ceramic slurry: bench measurement based on an open-end coaxial probe setup [36,37]; PMMA, FR-4: material datasheets.