title: A new calibration phantom for quantitative computed tomography.
abstract: We report on a new calibration phantom for quantitative computed tomography which has been improved with respect to reference materials and geometrical setup. Instead of liquid calibration solutions, we use polyethylene-based water- and bone-equivalent plastics. The size of the phantom is considerably reduced by using only two samples. This design guarantees long-term stability and it offers advantages with respect to radiation geometry.
authors: Siemens Medical Systems, Erlangen, West Germany.
authors: W A
authors: WA
authors: Kalender
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Suess
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D006801:Humans; D008961:Models, Structural; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods