Development of a human-tissue-like phantom for 3.0-T MRI

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6336-6342

  Ikemoto, Yusuke ^a   Takao, Wataru ^a   Yoshitomi, Keisuke ^b   Ohno, Seiichiro ^b   Harimoto, Takashi ^c   Kanazawa, Susumu ^d   Shibuya, Koichi ^e   Kuroda, Masahiro ^e   Kato, Hirokazu ^e  

^a OKAYAMA KYOKUTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kitagawa Hospital   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3.0 T MRI; agarose; carrageenan; GdCl3; phantom

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GELATION; PHANTOMS; RELAXATION TIME; SODIUM AZIDE; TISSUE;

AGAROSE; ANTISEPTIC AGENTS; CARRAGEENANS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; GDCL3; GELLING AGENTS; MEASURED RESULTS; T2 RELAXATION;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80855139802     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3656077     Document Type: Article

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