Characterization of a novel anthropomorphic plastinated lung phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5934-5943

  Yoon, Sungwon ^a,b   Henry, Robert W ^c   Bouley, Donna M ^d   Bennett, N Robert ^b   Fahrig, Rebecca ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic phantom; Lung phantom; Phantom; Plastinated phantom

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMALS; SILICONES; TISSUE;

ANATOMICAL FEATURES; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; IMAGE QUALITY METRICS; LUNG PHANTOM; PULMONARY TISSUES; RELATIVE LOCATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING; SECOND GENERATION;

PHANTOMS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PLASTINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

SUIDAE;

EID: 56749165256     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3016524     Document Type: Article

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