Research Article

Ablation of Hepatic Tumors through the Use of a Novel Magnetic Nanocomposite Probe: Magnetic Characterization and Finite Element Method Analysis

Table 1

Thermal properties of the materials used in the FEM models.

Materialρ (kg m−3) (J (kg K)−1)λ (W (m K)−1)ω (s−1)

Liver [19]1,0603,6000.502
Blood [20]1,0004,1800.5430.0064
PDMS [21]1,1901,4600.190
[22]4,6007469.700