Supporting medical phantom design through a comprehensive design catalogue for phantom materials

Medical phantoms are models used for imaging and therapy, enabling research, quality assurance, and training without human test subjects. Their development relies on selecting tissue-mimicking materials, however the lack of a holistic overview to guide this process poses challenges. This work presents a comprehensive design catalogue for phantom materials, offering a structured overview of materials and their imaging properties for computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound, including parameters such as CT numbers, relaxation times, and acoustic properties. It is implemented as a digital tool with filtering options, enhancing usability and decision-making. Despite limitations from incomplete data in the literature, the catalogue establishes a groundwork for a standardized, expandable resource to support future phantom design.

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design methodology

design process

3D printing, design catalogue

phantom materials

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616.07: Pathology

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Supporting medical phantom design through a comprehensive design catalogue for phantom materials