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. 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 2.

Maximum normalized SAR10g for various landmark positions for HPBC and TEM body coils

Landmark Max. SAR10g (W/kg) normalized to whole body SARaverage 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 40.7 23.4 28.1 31.8 63.6 54.9 48.1 32.3
Heart 24.4 22.9 34.5 26.6 88.1 69.2 32.3 33.9
Pelvic 25.4 15.6 27.1 16.4 53.4 77.3 32.1 32.6