. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 May;33(5):1209–1217. doi: 10.1002/jmri.22544

Table 1.

Maximum normalized SAR_1g for various landmark positions for HPBC and TEM body coils

Landmark	Max. SAR_1g (W/kg) normalized to whole body SAR_average of 2.0 W/kg
	Visible Man (1.77m)		Visible Woman (1.73m)		NAOMI (1.58m)		NORMAN (1.74m)

	HPBC	TEM	HPBC	TEM	HPBC	TEM	HPBC	TEM
Head	60.9	45.7	54.8	59.4	90.5	78.2	75.6	48.1
Heart	32.3	37.1	50.0	35.9	125.6	106.2	47.8	64.0
Pelvic	54.0	33.0	54.8	32.8	78.4	112.2	68.1	66.0