Producing homogeneous cryogel phantoms for medical imaging: A finite-element approach

Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-202

  Iravani, Amin ^a   Mueller, Jens ^a   Yousefi, Azizeh Mitra ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; elasticity imaging techniques; finite element analysis; imaging phantoms; polyvinyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; IMAGING PHANTOMS; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA) CRYOGEL; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

BRAIN; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREEZING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TISSUE;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CRYOGEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREEZE THAWING; IMAGING PHANTOM; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYOGELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREEZING; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 84889885464     PISSN: 09205063     EISSN: 15685624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2013.848327     Document Type: Article

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