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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Jan 21;48(2):431–440. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25936

Table I.

Peak local 10g SAR and Head average SAR values obtained from simulations for the experimental EPI sequence with 90° excitation either in the center of the head or in the cerebellum.

With 90° in center With 90° in cerebellum
Peak 10g SAR Head Average SAR Peak 10g SAR Head Average SAR
No HPM 0.93 0.30 3.37 1.08
With HPM 1.18 0.38 1.61 0.51
% increase w/HPM 27 27 −52 −53