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Phantom, particularly for use in MR- or PET-based imaging methods

US8814572B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ludwig Eberler · Dresden, DE
Matthias Fenchel · Erlangen, DE
Ralf Ladebeck · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 10, 2011
Grant date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/481
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A phantom, particularly for use in MR- or PET-based imaging methods, includes a hollow base body that delimits an interior volume, wherein the interior volume is subdivided into at least two volume portions by at least one separation element, and wherein the separation element or a section thereof consists of foam.

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