Negin Behzadian1 and Shiloh Sison2
1Research and Development, Abbott, Sylmar, CA, United States, 2Research and Development, Abbott, Sunnyvale, CA, United States
1Research and Development, Abbott, Sylmar, CA, United States, 2Research and Development, Abbott, Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Short-duration (i.e. sub-10s) B1+RMS exposure does
not need to be considered for RF heating safety assessment, given our finding
of no significant increase in the final in-vivo temperature or cumulative thermal
dose.
Figure
1: Temperature vs. time for long-duration (i.e. 10s averaged) vs.
short-duration B1+RMS exposure
Figure 2: Thermal dose vs. time for long-duration (i.e. 10s averaged)
vs. short-duration B1+RMS exposure