Gold Standard Phantoms Limited

Aaron Oliver-Taylor

Xavier Golay

Tom Hampshire

A perfusion chamber for use in a phantom including a waterproof housing containing a porous material, the porous material defining fluid paths between pores and tubular channels within the porous material; and a reservoir for use in a phantom, a pump mechanism for use within the bore of an MRI scanner, a phantom for use in an MRI scanner, and a method for calibrating a scanning device.

Perfusion phantom for MRI and an apparatus, system and method for validating MR images of a phantom

A perfusion chamber for use in a phantom includes a waterproof housing containing a porous material defining fluid paths between pores and tubular channels within the porous material. A reservoir for use in a phantom, a pump mechanism for use within the bore of an MRI scanner, a phantom for use in an MRI scanner, and a method for calibrating a scanning device are disclosed. Also disclosed is apparatus for validating images of a phantom that includes: one or more sensors for coupling to a phantom to be imaged; a control/logging system configured to: collect sensor data during imaging of the phantom and pass this as input to a computer model; compare the image data with reference image data produced using the computer model; and return a pass score depending on the comparison. A system and method for verifying images of a phantom are also disclosed.

A phantom for use in an MRI scanner includes an outer housing and a plurality of vessels located within the outer housing, where each of the vessels contains a material. The value of a property of the material at a particular temperature is different for each of the vessels. The phantom also includes a phase change material between the outer housing and the vessels. Also provided are a method for manufacturing a phantom, a method for obtaining calibrated measurements from non-calibrated images using a phantom, a system for obtaining calibrated measurements from non-calibrated images, and a coil assembly for use in an MRI scanner.

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