Title
Sar Computation Inside Fetus By Rf Coil During Mr Imaging Employing Realistic Numerical Pregnant Woman Model
Abstract
This paper presents the computational electromagnetic dosimetry inside an anatomically based pregnant woman models exposed to electromagnetic wave during magnetic resonance imaging. The two types of pregnant woman models corresponding to early gestation and 26 weeks gestation were used for this study. The specific absorption rate (SAR) in and around a fetus were calculated by radiated electromagnetic wave from highpass and lowpass birdcage coil. Numerical calculation results showed that high SAR region is observed at the body in the vicinity of gaps of the coil, and is related to concentrated electric field in the gaps of human body such as armpit and thigh. Moreover, it has confirmed that the SAR in the fetus is less than International Electrotechnical Commission limit of 10 W/kg, when whole-body average SARs are 2 W/kg and 4 W/kg, which are the normal operating mode and first level controlled operating mode, respectively.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1587/transcom.E92.B.431
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Keywords
Field
DocType
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), birdcage coil, pregnant woman, fetus, specific absorption rate (SAR)
Specific absorption rate,Computational electromagnetics,Telecommunications,Electric field,Computer science,Dosimetry,Electromagnetic coil,Radiofrequency coil,Acoustics,Normal mode,Electromagnetic radiation,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
E92B
2
0916-8516
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.39
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Satoru Kikuchi110.72
Kazuyuki Saito22712.50
Masaharu Takahashi34417.81
Koichi Ito436854.87
Hiroo Ikehira5222.67