Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Universal phantom structure for quality inspections both on computerized tomography and on magnetic resonance tomography
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Application No.: US15106387Application Date: 2014-12-22
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Publication No.: US10168409B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Giuseppe Vermiglio , Giuseppe Acri , Barbara Testagrossa , Placido Bramanti , Alessia Bramanti
- Applicant: IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI “BONINO-PULEJO”
- Applicant Address: IT Messina
- Assignee: I.R.C.C.S. CENTRO NEUROLESI “BONINO-PULEJO”
- Current Assignee: I.R.C.C.S. CENTRO NEUROLESI “BONINO-PULEJO”
- Current Assignee Address: IT Messina
- Agency: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab
- Priority: ITRM2013A0701 20131220
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/067215 WO 20141222
- International Announcement: WO2015/092776 WO 20150625
- Main IPC: A61B5/055
- IPC: A61B5/055 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03 ; G01R33/58

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a phantom for periodical measurements of parameters allowing to ensure that performance of equipment for computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance tomography are compliant to established acceptability criteria, that is performance are constant in time. The main characteristic of such phantom is that the same phantom may be used for measurements of different physical parameters and for different machines, even of different type, such as machines for CT and/or MRT. The universal phantom described is made of a rectangular parallelepiped in PMMA made of different sections that may be filled with an appropriate liquid and/or contain different inserts according to the measurements to be performed, such as for example noise and uniformity, CT number linearity, high contrast spatial resolution, low contrast spatial resolution, layer thickness, etc.
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