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. 2022 Aug 19;2(6):495–516. doi: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.2c00033

Table 2. Bioimpedance Characteristics of Different Tissue Types (Measurements Taken Ex Vivo).

  resistivity (Ω·m)
 
tissue 0 Hz 10 Hz 50 Hz 10 kHz 50 kHz 100 kHz 500 kHz 1 MHz 10 MHz 1 GHz source
brain                     (56,57)
gray matter 15 13.5 13.3 10 7.7 6.9 6.7 4.8 2.9 1.1
white matter 16.7 20 18.9 15 12.8 10.3 10.3 7.1 4.8 1.7
fat 50 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 20 (58,59)
muscle                     (60,61)
cardiac 10 10 5 2.2 2.1 2.1 2 1.8 1.7 1.1
skeletal 2.5 4.4 3 2.9 2.9 1.3 2.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
liver 14.3 8.3 8.3 7.7 6.3 5.6 4 3.3 2.1 1.2 (56,59)
lung 7.1 33.3 25 10 10 10 6.7 6.7 3.3 2.2 (57)
kidney 10 10 6.7 4 3.5 2.9 2.5 2.2 1.3 0.7 (57,60)
spleen 10 20 14.3 4.2 3.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.8 (60)
skin                     (56,58)
dry   5 × 104 3 × 104 1 × 104 5 × 103 50 20 2 1.4 1.2
wet 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1  
bone 16.7 14.3 12.5 12.5 12.5 12 11.5 11 11 6.9 (61)
blood 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.7 (62)