Table 1. Comparison of SAR values predicted using the VHP-Female surface CAD model with the values predicted by a 5 mm voxel model derived from the identical image dataset [71].
Source | Method | Model | Coil landmark | Whole-body SAR | Max. non-averaged local SAR | Max. 1g local SAR | Max. 10g local SAR |
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Present report | FEM—1 adaptive pass (Ansys) | CAD VHP-Fem. v. 3.0 88 kg 64 MHz |
Shoulder/heart (top of vert. T7) | 0.16 | 44.5 | 5.22 | 2.61 |
Present report | FEM—8 adaptive passes (Ansys) | CAD VHP-Fem. v. 3.0 88 kg 64 MHz |
Shoulder/heart (top of vert. T7) | 0.13 | 12.0 | 1.61 | 1.37 |
Ref. [71] | FDTD Voxel size 5 mm | Voxel Vis. Human Female 64 MHz |
Heart | 0.12 | NA | 1.78 | NA |