Table 1.
Measured whole-body average SAR and the associated temperature changes at the end of the heating, when the porcine head was placed in the isocenter of a 3T birdcage body coil (i.e., case 1).
| No. | Weight (kg) |
SAR (W/kg) |
Scalp (°C) |
Brain (5mm) (°C) |
Brain (10mm) (°C) |
Brain (15mm) (°C) |
Brain (20mm) (°C) |
Brain (25mm) (°C) |
Neck (°C) |
Rectum (°C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93.64 | 2.37 | 4.01 | 2.48 | 2.45 | 2.47 | 2.52 | 2.40 | 4.38 | 1.40 |
| 2 | 81.82 | 2.72 | 3.78 | 2.52 | 2.41 | 2.45 | 2.58 | 2.40 | 3.40 | 1.60 |
| 3 | 80.20 | 2.76 | 5.51 | 2.80 | 2.59 | 2.57 | 2.56 | 2.30 | 3.75 | 1.50 |
| 4 | 88.14 | 2.48 | 4.18 | 2.34 | 2.30 | 2.24 | 2.32 | 2.30 | 3.02 | 1.30 |
| 5 | 76.37 | 2.92 | 3.68 | 2.83 | 2.60 | 2.61 | 2.49 | 2.60 | 4.42 | 1.60 |