Table 2.
Measured whole-body average SAR and the associated temperature changes at the end of the heating, when the porcine trunk was placed in the isocenter of a 3T birdcage body coil (i.e., case 2).
| No. | Weight (kg) |
SAR (W/kg) |
Scalp (°C) |
Brain (15mm) (°C) |
Brain (25mm) (°C) |
Skin (°C) |
Isocen. (25 mm) (°C) |
Isocen. (50mm) (°C) |
LHS (°C) |
Rectum (°C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 89.70 | 2.54 | 1.27 | 1.86 | 1.77 | 4.90 | 5.30 | 4.50 | 4.30 | 1.51 |
| 2 | 84.17 | 2.83 | 0.96 | 1.86 | 1.97 | 3.60 | 3.70 | 2.70 | 6.00 | 1.82 |
| 3 | 72.73 | 3.14 | 1.31 | 1.74 | 1.80 | 3.10 | 4.24 | 2.97 | 6.29 | 1.51 |
| 4 | 81.82 | 2.51 | 1.04 | 1.65 | 1.40 | 3.90 | 3.80 | 3.20 | 4.90 | 1.53 |
| 5 | 79.55 | 2.82 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 1.70 | 4.00 | 3.60 | 3.00 | 4.30 | 1.62 |