Feasibility of Using a Novel 2.45 GHz Double Short Distance Slot Coaxial Antenna for Minimally Invasive Cancer Breast Microwave Ablation Therapy: Computational Model, Phantom, and In Vivo Swine Experimentation

Table 1

Parameters used in the development of the computational model.

Parameter	Value
Breast electric conductivity	0.14 S/m
Breast relative permittivity	5.14
Breast thermal conductivity	0.42 W/mK
Breast density	1020.00 kg/m^3
Breast metabolic heat rate	3.9 W/m^3
Blood density	1000 kg/m^3
Blood specific heat	3639 J/(kg·K)
Breast perfusion rate	33 mL/min/kg
Blood temperature	37°C
Dielectric relative permittivity	2.03
Catheter relative permittivity	2.60
Microwave frequency	2.45 GHz
Radiation time	4 min
Input microwave power	Variables (10, 20, 30, and 50 W)