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@ARTICLE{Orzada:303374,
author = {S. Orzada$^*$ and T. M. Fiedler$^*$ and J. Kesting$^*$ and
M. J. Hubmann and M. Ladd$^*$},
title = {{O}n the measurement errors in {SAR} supervision introduced
by directional couplers.},
journal = {Magnetic resonance materials in physics, biology and
medicine},
volume = {nn},
issn = {0968-5243},
address = {Heidelberg},
publisher = {Springer},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-01623},
pages = {nn},
year = {2025},
note = {#EA:E020#LA:E020# / epub},
abstract = {This study proposes a framework for determining the
calculation error in online SAR supervision introduced by
directional couplers.A mathematical framework is introduced
showing how the error in the measured excitation vector
compared to the actual excitation vector can be rewritten as
a new set of virtual observation points (VOPs). By comparing
the new set of VOPs to the original VOPs through an
optimization, the maximum underestimation of SAR can be
calculated. The framework is then applied to five different
RF arrays.The results show that the error in SAR calculation
is very dependent on the position of the reference plane of
the directional coupler measurements and the S-parameters of
the array. To have an error of less than $5\%,$ directional
couplers with a directivity better than 40 dB are necessary
for the worst case of the investigated arrays.The framework
presented in this paper provides an approach for calculating
a safety factor to account for the inaccuracies introduced
by directional coupler measurements in online SAR
supervision. The framework can also be adapted to other
types of measurements.},
keywords = {Directional couplers (Other) / MRI (Other) / Measurement
error (Other) / SAR (Other) / Virtual observation points
(Other) / pTx (Other)},
cin = {E020},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E020-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40759812},
doi = {10.1007/s10334-025-01287-7},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/303374},
}