Table 4 Experimental testbed: measured dielectric properties of the materials used in the prototype with the corresponding variation ranges

From: Real-time 3D temperature reconstruction in microwave cancer hyperthermia from scarce temperature measurements

 

\({\varepsilon }_{{{{\rm{r}}}}}\)(\(-\))

\(\sigma\) (S m−1)

 

Measured

Min

Max

Measured

Min

Max

Muscle phantom

58.69

46

70

0.95

0.6

1.1

Target phantom

52.16

46

70

1.30

0.6

1.8

  1. The measured dielectric properties were obtained with a dielectric probe (https://speag.swiss/products/dak/dak-probes/) using the phantoms prepared for the experimental heating session.