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Abstract #2768

Phantoms for Ultra-Low Field MRI

John Arthur Benson Mates1, Michael A. Boss1, Hsiao Mei Cho1, Gene C. Hilton1, Kent D. Irwin1

1National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, United States

We constructed phantoms for the characterization of ultra-low field (~100 uT) MRI systems and measured them at 132 uT, 1.5 T, and 3 T. The phantoms permit characterization of resolution, PD accuracy, and T1 accuracy. The phantoms can serve as common references and guide ultra-low field scanner development.

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