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Conductivity of living intracranial tissues
J Latikka1, T Kuurne, H Eskola
1Ragnar Granit Institute, Tampere University of Technology, Finland. juha.latikka@tut.fi
Physics in Medicine and Biology
|June 23, 2001
Abstract:
Resistivity values were measured from living human brain tissue in nine patients. A monopolar needle electrode was used with a measurement frequency of 50 kHz. Mean values were 3.51 Ohms m for grey matter and 3.91 Ohms m for white matter. Cerebrospiral fluid had a mean value of 0.80 Ohms m. Values for tumour tissues were dependent on the type of tumour and ranged from 2.30 to 9.70 Ohms m.

