Synopsis of the RF heating induced temperature difference near the stent tips after 10, 40 and 60 minutes of RF heating in the phantom equipped with the 40 mm stent.

The temperature difference between the phantom with the stent and the control phantom (3rd column) remains constant throughout the course of the experiment, even when the absolute temperature increase in the target slice (2nd column) reaches ΔT = 24 K after 60 minutes of RF heating.