Premium
An anthropomorphic polyvinyl alcohol brain phantom based on Colin27 for use in multimodal imaging
Author(s) -
Chen Sean JyShyang,
Hellier Pierre,
Marchal Maud,
Gauvrit JeanYves,
Carpentier Romain,
Morandi Xavier,
Collins D. Louis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.3673069
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , biomedical engineering , medical imaging , artificial intelligence , image registration , image processing , computer science , magnetic resonance imaging , computer vision , segmentation , modality (human–computer interaction) , nuclear medicine , materials science , medicine , radiology , image (mathematics)
In this paper, the method for the creation of an anatomically and mechanically realistic brain phantom from polyvinyl alcohol cryogel (PVA-C) is proposed for validation of image processing methods such as segmentation, reconstruction, registration, and denoising. PVA-C is material widely used in medical imaging phantoms because of its mechanical similarities to soft tissues.