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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Jun Bao, Knoxville, TN (US);
David Faul, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ralph Ladebeck, Erlangen, DE;
John Thomas Pawlak, Villa Park, IL (US);
Elmar Rummert, Erlangen, DE;
Charles C. Watson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A phantom for co-registering a magnetic resonance image and a nuclear medical image is disclosed. The phantom includes a longitudinal member having a first end cap and a second end cap and a chamber contained within the longitudinal member. The chamber contains a fluid for producing a first image using a first imaging modality. The phantom further includes a first rod disposed within the chamber of the longitudinal member. The first rod contains a radioactive substance for producing a second image using a second imaging modality.