Abstract #1669
A Structurally Anthropomorphic Brain Phantom
Kyoko Fujimoto 1,2 , Trent V. Robertson 1 , Vanessa Douet 2 , David G. Garmire 1 , and V. Andrew Stenger 1,2
1
Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United
States,
2
Department
of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
Techniques for better Magnetic Resonance imaging are
being continuously developed. Before applying new
techniques on subjects and patients in a scanner, they
are tested with cylindrical or spherical phantoms.
However, results are often not realistic since the human
cerebrum has complex structure with multi-contrast
tissues and gyrifications. Some phantoms model
electrical and functional properties but a phantom with
gray and white matter structure does not exit. The
purpose of this study is to show the development of an
anthropomorphic phantom to obtain calibration data with
simulated cerebral tissues to reduce cost and time by
not necessitating
in-vivo
subjects.
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