Table 1.

Philips 3T Achieva initial flip angle and absorbed power P_A in an RF transducer prototype with reactance X = 211 Ω for various loop resistances (R). The results for a particular human subject (89 kg) are also included. All scans are performed using the same pulse sequence.

	Initial flip angle (deg)
Loop R (Ω)	determined in Achieva	PA(W)
1000	90.3	9.8
700	90.9	14.3
375	87.9	25.1
Human subject	90.2	24.5