Polyvinyl alcohol cryogel: An ideal phantom material for MR studies of arterial flow and elasticity

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 314-319

  Chu, Kenneth C ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

distensible hydrogels; elastic arterial models; MR phantoms; polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; THAWING;

ARTERIAL MODEL; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; PHANTOM MATERIALS; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA) CRYOGEL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL CRYOGEL; PULSATILE MOTION; VASCULAR PHANTOMS;

PHANTOMS;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

AORTA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; FREEZING; HYDROGEL; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHANTOM; RELAXATION TIME; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; THAWING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0031021607     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370230     Document Type: Article

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