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Figure 5

From: Finite volume analysis of temperature effects induced by active MRI implants: 2. Defects on active MRI implants causing hot spots

Figure 5

Critical volume in dependence of hot spot power P hs for various critical temperatures. Using the analytical solution for thermal equilibrium of equation 3b a spherical critical volume can be calculated using a critical temperature. The images show examples for 4 different critical temperature increases up to 20 K. For a hot spot power of 200 mW a volume of about 20 mm3 reaches temperature increases of more than 20 K.

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