Table 1.
Acoustic and thermal properties used for pancreas treatment simulations.
| Tissue | Density (kg/m3) |
Sound Speed (m/s) |
Attenuation (dB/cm) |
Thermal Conductivity (W/m/^C) |
Specific Heat (J/kg/^C) |
Perfusion (kg/s/m3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pancreas | ||||||
| Literature, Normal | 1087 [34] | 1591 [26] | 0.79f1.12 [27, 35] | 0.458 [23, 36] | 3188 [23] | 14.9 [37–41] |
| Literature, Tumor | 1087 [34] | 1591 [26] | 0.79f1.12 [27, 35] | 0.478 [36] | 3188 [23] | 5.2 [37–41] |
| Human Data, Normal | – | 1549 [42] | 0.58f1.51 [42] | – | – | – |
| Human Data, PDAC | – | 1555 [42] | 0.50f1.59 [42] | – | – | – |
| Duodenum wall | 1045 [43] | 1535 [34] | 0.43f [43] | 0.53 [43] | 3698 [43] | 16.67 [43] |
| Stomach wall | 1045 [43] | 1535 [34] | 0.43f [43] | 0.53 [43] | 3698 [43] | 6.75 [43] |
| Liver | 1079 [34] | 1586 [34] | 0.60f [44–50] | 0.57 [51] | 3800 [51] | 10.7 [51] |
| Spleen | 1089 [34] | 1567 [52,53] | 0.52f [54] | 0.53 [34] | 3596 [34] | 30.8 [55] |
| Abdominal muscle | 1050 [56] | 1547 [56] | 0.59f1.53 [57–59] | 0.55 [51] | 3524 [51] | 0.48 [51] |
| Abdominal fat | 950 [56] | 1478 [56] | 0.59f1.53 [57–59] | 0.19 [51] | 2353 [51] | 0.56 [51] |
| Connective tissue | 1027 [34] | 1545 [60] | 1.26f [34] | 0.39 [34] | 2372 [34] | 0.0 |
| Skin | 1120 [56] | 1613 [56] | 1.57f [56] | 0.34 [61] | 3391 [34] | 0.0 |