Table 7. Specific absorption rate and 10g averaged rms E-field results of Nina and MARTIN at 1.5T using Tx/Rx head coil.
Nina in 1.5 T using Head Tx/Rx coil (Head centered, No implant) | MARTIN in 1.5T using Head Tx/Rx coil (Head centered, No implant) | MARTIN in 1.5T using Head Tx/Rx coil (Head centered, with a VNS implant) | ||
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Fields were averaged to 2μT at the center of the coil [87] | Head averaged SAR (W/kg) | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 |
Whole-body averaged SAR (W/kg) | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |
Whole-body maximum 10gSAR (W/kg) | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.71 | |
Normalization factor (V) | 13.71 | 13.95 | 14.04 | |
Fields were averaged to 3.2 W/kg in the head (Scanner head scanning limit) [83] | Maximum 10g rms E-field (V/m) | 176.54 | 165.45 | 281.05 |
Normalization factor (V) | 53.94 | 55.17 | 55.26 |