Zhangwei Wang1, Christopher M. Collins2, Jason Jin1, Victor Taracila1, Qing X. Yang2, Fraser J. Robb1
1GE Healthcare Coils, Aurora, OH, USA; 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA
Numerical models are used increasingly in field calculations for MRI engineering and safety assurance. We modified six currently available male and female models and for use with commercially available finite-difference time-domain software . Calculations show that the geometry of the model has a significant effect on SAR distribution and maximum local SAR value.