The Image AnalysisTM Solid Calibration Phantom is manufactured with bone-equivalent calcium hydroxyapatite incorporated into our solid, tissue-equivalent material (CT-WaterTM). Calcium hydroxyapatite is the major constituent of human bone and vascular calcifications, and has been the accepted bone mineral standard for several years.
Image AnalysisTM has further improved on phantom calibration by developing a hybrid calibration method that uses blood as an additional in vivo calibration reference. With the many scanners, reconstruction algorithms and field flatness techniques, the internal and centrally located blood sample provides an additional reference for calibration and standardization across different scanners and patients. Blood is highly homogenous within a patient and very consistent in composition across different patients. This hybrid calibration provides a consistent and highly accurate method for the measurements of density and mass of vascular plaques that can be standardized across scanners and patients.
Image AnalysisTM phantoms are greatly reduced in size for improved patient/phantom interface and reduced x-ray attenuation, thus producing less beam-hardening and scattered radiation than older, larger, and denser phantoms. The quality of our phantoms is backed by a lifetime warranty.
SOLID CALCIUM HYDROXYAPATITE PHANTOMS
- Solid phantoms provide long-term reliability and highly reproducible measurements.
- Calcium hydroxyapatite - the reference standard of most bone densitometry devices.
- Reduced cross-sectional size of the calibration phantom. Lightweight, easy to position, well tolerated by patients.
- Reliability backed by a Lifetime Warranty.
- The calibration phantom is contained in a couch pad for patient comfort. Markers are provided for alignment and ease of positioning the patient.
PHANTOM ACCESSORIES (included with each system)
Couch Pad: The couch pad houses the phantom and facilitates patient comfort and phantom/patient coupling.
QA Torso Phantom: Allows CT scanner performance evaluation for QCT measurements, system accuracy and reproducibility.
Bolus Bag: A gel filled, water equivalent blousing bag for placement between patient and phantom.
Operator's Manual.
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