Table 2. Summary of simulation results for the head coil tuned down to 127 MHz (3 T).
Neonate A | Neonate B | Duke | |||||
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Dielectric properties | Adult | Neonatal | Adult | Neonatal | Adult | ||
Mean B1+ for 1 W input (μT/✓W) | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.71 | ||
Absorbed power (%) | 17 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 66 | ||
SAR per input power (W/kg/W) | Head average | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
Whole-body average | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | ||
psSAR10g | 0.33 | 0.48 | 0.28 | 0.47 | 0.41 | ||
SAR per mean | Head average | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.26 | |
B1 + (W/kg/μT2) | Whole-body average | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 | |
psSAR10g | 0.45 | 0.69 | 0.39 | 0.63 | 0.81 |
Note: The device was only retuned (and the RF shield removed), but otherwise not optimized. It is clear that the coil is not well matched, so instead we focused on the SAR normalized to B1+ in further analysis. The resulting B1+ and SAR distributions are shown in Supporting Information Figure S1. The psSAR10g per square B1+ is smaller for the neonate models if the same dielectric properties are used, but becomes comparable to the adult if age-adjusted properties are used.