Fig 4. The VHP-Female computational phantom positioned with a 1.5 T MRI birdcage coil.

Some body parts are removed for clarity. a)–The femur position is illustrated to show its orientation within the model–the metallic nail implant is aligned to reside within the trabecular bone structure. b)–Each individual object within Ansys Mechanical model is assigned specific thermal properties. c)–The temperature rise is shown after 900 seconds of continuous coil operation. These values correspond well with published experimental data [43–45]–see Table 2.