Features
· Includes large, body-shaped cylinder lung, liver and spine inserts
· Lung inserts can be filled with Styrofoam® beads and water to simulate lung tissue density
· Optional Cardiac Insert™ (Model CT/CAR/I) may be purchased separately
· Simulates upper torso of average to large male/female patients (38 cm×26 cm)
· Simulates anatomical structures and radioactivity distributions
Applications
· Evaluation of cardiac ECT data acquisition and reconstruction methods
· Evaluation of non-uniform attenuation and scatter compensation methods
· Research
Specifications
· Lateral outside dimension: 38 cm
· Lateral inside dimension: 36 cm
· Anterior-posterior outside dimension: 26 cm
· Anterior-posterior inside dimension: 24 cm
· Wall thickness:10 mm
· Left lung (w/o Styrofoam beads): ~ 0.9 liter
· Right lung (w/o Styrofoam beads): ~ 1.1 liter
· Left lung (w/ Styrofoam beads): ~ 0.36 liter
· Right lung (w/ Styrofoam beads): ~ 0.44 liter
· Liver: ~ 1.2 liters
· Background: ~ 10.3 liters
· Cylinder with lung-spine insert: ~ 7.4 liter