Specific heat capacity of freshly excised prostate specimens.

Abstract:

:The specific heat capacity of tissue is a critical parameter for thermal therapies that act over a long period of time. It is also critical for thermoacoustic signal generation. We present ex vivo measurements of specific heat capacity performed by a dual-pin probe with tight temperature control of the specimen. One 30 mm × 1.28 mm probe heats steadily for 30 s, while another measurement probe measures temperatures 6 mm away from the center of the heater probe. Specific heat values ranging from 2.9 to 4 J cm(-3) °C(-1) were measured on 20 lobes from ten fresh prostate specimens with varying degrees of cancerous involvement as confirmed by histology.

journal_name

Physiol Meas

authors

Patch SK,Rao N,Kelly H,Jacobsohn K,See WA

doi

10.1088/0967-3334/32/11/N02

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-11-01 00:00:00

pages

N55-64

issue

11

eissn

0967-3334

issn

1361-6579

pii

S0967-3334(11)96035-3

journal_volume

32

pub_type

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