The Porcine Kidney as a Biological Phantom for MR ASL Perfusion Measurements

Keith Heberlein¹, Ulrike Haberland¹, Ernst Klotz¹, Micahel Lell²

The porcine kidney is an effective biological phantom due to a dense capillary system, high rates of in vivo perfusion and an accessible vascular supply which is integrated easily into a flow circuit. This work demonstrates ASL based perfusion imaging and reproduces previous results based on CT dye dilution perfusion measures. A robust, stable model for multi-modality imaging of perfusion is presented.