The in vitro assessment of true radiofrequency whole body averaged specific absorption rate (WB-SAR) is described in the technical specification standard of ASTM F2182-11a, by direct measure of RF-induced heating within a standardized phantom centered inside the RF birdcage coil. F2182-11a does not address uncertainty assessment of the heating experiment. In this study, we present our measured values for short-term measurement repeatability and long-term measurement reproducibility. These measurements support the conclusion that RF-induced WB-SAR measurements made with bench-top RF exposure systems can be made with a total estimated measurement uncertainty of approximately 7% (k=1).
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