Fabrication of Customizable Intraplaque Hemorrhage Phantoms for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

ConclusionsThe cylindrical IPH phantom accurately modeled the short T1 time characteristic of methemoglobin-laden IPH, with the IPH sites exhibiting little variation in imaging properties over 31  days. Furthermore, MPRAGE images of the anatomical atherosclerosis replicas closely matched those of clinical plaques. In combination, these phantoms will allow for IPH imaging protocol standardization and thus facilitate future multicenter IPH imaging.
Source: Molecular Imaging and Biology - Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research