Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition

Table 8.2. Measured And Calculated Values Of Average SAR For Prolate Spheroidal Models Of Man And Test Animals (Guy et al., 1978)

Average SAR (W/kg) / (mW/cm²)

Model		a(cm)		b(cm)		F(MHz)		Polarization		Measured		Calculated

Average man		87.5		13.8		80		E		0.211		0.22
Average man		87.5		13.8		80		H		0.010		0.009
Rhesus monkey		20.0		6.46		400		E		0.191		0.21
Rhesus monkey		20.0		6.46		400		H		0.0627		0.054
Squirrel monkey		11.5		4.78		700		E		0.234		0.24
Medium rat		10.0		2.76		915		E		0.517		0.49
Man*		89.5		----		1290		E		0.031		0.03

* Phantom shaped like a man, weight about 75 kg (Olsen, 1977).