FIG. 3.

Left: SAR simulation for the pTX coil being driven in combined CP mode with a dual-band pulse on each row calibrated to achieve an average flip angle of 10 degrees over the two slices (left). Right: For the individual CP mode used for SMS-pTX excitations the two rows were independently driven with the corresponding single-band pulse at half the peak voltage hence half the total RF power, in the same manner as for the in vivo EPI experiments. Values shown represent the 10g-averaged SAR.