Table 1 Physical and thermal properties of TMTCP and acrylamide base phantom
Physical and thermal propertiesa | Acrylamide phantom [26] | Soft tissue-liver [98,99,100,101,102,103,104], (https://itis.swiss/virtual-population/tissue-properties/database/) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Density | 1033 ± 1 kg/m3 | 1000-1070 | 1079 |
Thermal conductivity (W/m/K) | 0.58 ± 0.01 | 0.56-0.65 | 0.44-0.59 |
Electrical conductivity (S/m) | Â | 1.19-2.26 | 0.48 |
Thermal diffusivity (mm2/s) | 0.143 ± 0.002 |  | 0.14 (@37 °C) |
Speed of sound (m/s) | 1522 ± 5 |  | 1568-1585 |
Acoustic impedance (kg/m2s) | 1.575 ± 0.005 × 106 |  | 1.6 ± 0.01 × 105 |
Acoustic attenuation (dB/cm/MHz) | 0.23 ± 0.02 |  | 0.23-0.73 |
Dielectric constant (εr) |  | 48-58 | 50.8 ± 4.1 |
Specific heat capacity (kJ/kg/K) | Â | 3.59-3.93 | 3.5 |
T2 relaxation time at 1.5 T/3 T (ms) | 225 ± 14 /152 ± 8 |  | 56.4 (1.5 T) |