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Abstract #3346

En Route to multiphasic anthropomorphic MR phantoms: An additive manufacturing approach applying silicone 3D-printing techniques

Wolfgang Kilian1, Rüdiger Brühl1, Yasser Abdulhadi1, and Bernd Ittermann1
1Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany

Stable and well characterized anthropomorphic MR-phantoms for quantitative MRI of T1 and T2 measurements are still lacking. We investigate the potential application of additive manufacturing of silicone to produce multi-compartment MR-phantoms with well characterized relaxation properties. Various two-component silicone types with different mixture ratios were investigated. Additionally, the influence of admixing colors to modulate relaxation times was studied. First bi-phasic test samples were designed, produced by different commercial 3D printing sources, and characterized.

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