Research Article

Direct-Current Electric Field Distribution in the Brain for Tumor Treating Field Applications: A Simulation Study

Table 1

Dielectric properties, densities, and heat capacities of various brain tissues relevant to numerical simulations. Data obtained from the Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (https://www.itis.ethz.ch/virtual-population/tissue-properties/database/dielectric-properties/).

Conductivity  
σ (S/m)
Relative permittivityDensity D (kg/m3)Heat capacity (J/kg°C)

Scalp0.00105110011093391
Skull0.0529295.515431793
Dura0.50229011743364
Cerebrospinal fluid210910074096
Brain0.108157810433628

at 200 kHz.