Fig 5. Comparison of the simulated numerical values (red stars) obtained using the VHP Female computational phantom with published experimental data (two black curves) [43–45] for the maximum temperature rise near the implant.

The depth of the implant within the VHP model is approximately 4 cm and the maximum temperature value after 900 seconds of coil operation time is represented by the top red star. The VHP model predicts a slightly higher (by 2.75°) maximum temperature rise than what was measured in [43–45]–see Table 2. This is likely due to the different (non-homogeneous) material properties employed in the present study and the slightly angled orientation of the nail.