Development of a tissue-equivalent MRI p
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Koichi Yoshimura; Hirokazu Kato; Masahiro Kuroda; Atsushi Yoshida; Katsumi Hanam
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A new tissueβequivalent MRI phantom based on carrageenan gel was developed. Carrageenan gel is an ideal solidifying agent for making large, strong phantoms in a wide variety of shapes. GdCl~3~ was added as a __T__~1~ modifier and agarose as a __T__~2~ modifier. The relaxation times of a