Table 2.
Thermal properties of tissues considered in the present study.
| Density, ρ (kg/m3) |
Specific heat, c (J/kg K) |
Thermal conductivity, k (W/m K) |
Blood perfusion rate, ω (1/s) |
Metabolic heat generation rate, Qm (W/m3) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver | 1079 [50] | 3540 [50] | 0.52 [50] | 0.018 [51] | 14,414 [52] |
| Tumor | 1079 [50] | 3540 [50] | 0.52 [50] | 0.018 [51] | 72,070 [53] |
| Tissue/torso | 1090 [50] | 3421 [50] | 0.49 [50] | 0.0027 [53] | 684.2 [53] |
| Blooda | 1060 [54] | 3770 [54] | N/A | N/A | N/A |
a
Temperature of blood (Tb) was fixed at 37 °C [54].
N/A: not applicable.