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A multipurpose MRI phantom based on a reverse micelle solution
Author(s) -
Roe Jo E.,
Prentice Wayne E.,
Hornak Joseph P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.1910350118
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , micelle , homogeneity (statistics) , nuclear magnetic resonance , inert , magnetic resonance imaging , artifact (error) , materials science , electromagnetic coil , biomedical engineering , chemistry , computer science , optics , physics , radiology , artificial intelligence , medicine , aqueous solution , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , machine learning
Many chemical solutions for use in magnetic resonance imaging phantoms have been reported in the literature. Each of these solutions has its application‐specific advantages and disadvantages. We propose a single reverse micelle phantom solution, which, although not a universal phantom solution, may find applications in testing of the radio frequency transmit and receive fields of an imaging coil, the homogeneity of the static magnetic field, and the suppression in a fat or water saturation imaging sequence. The solution is thermodynamically stable and biologically inert, it possesses a smaller standing wave artifact than water, and its overall spin lattice relaxation times may be adjusted.