Phantom and phantom system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9778374-B2
Application number	US-201514725127-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

Provided herein is a phantom and a phantom system, the phantom including a plurality of blocks combined having different elastic modulus, and thus may be easily manufactured in various shapes, movements, and densities and may exactly imitate movements of a tissue such as in a lung that has high volume change rates and has a high possibility that a position and shape of a tumor may change, thereby providing an effect of being used in replacement of patients when evaluating 4D-CT performance and measuring radiation amounts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A phantom comprising,
a plurality of blocks combined into a continuous body having a first region and a second region; and
a deformable target block incorporated into the continuous body, the deformable target block being made of an elastic bag including plastic pieces,
wherein the plurality of blocks comprises at least two groups, the blocks in each group having an elastic modulus different from that of the blocks of other groups,
wherein the first region comprises more blocks having a higher elastic modulus than the second region does, so that the first region and the second region are configured to differentially contract under an identical pressure.

2. The phantom according to claim 1 ,
wherein the deformable target block exhibits a color different from a color of the plurality of blocks when photographed with a diagnosis apparatus.

3. The phantom according to claim 1 ,
wherein some of the plurality of blocks are configured to measure a radiation amount.

4. The phantom according to claim 1 ,
wherein the phantom comprises a plurality of deformable target blocks.

5. The phantom according to claim 4 ,
wherein the plurality of deformable target blocks is configured to mimic a shape or movement of a tumor.

6. The phantom according to claim 1 ,
wherein the deformable target block is configured to aggregate or disperse the plastic pieces relative to each other in proportion to deformation of blocks adjacent to the deformable target block.

7. A phantom system comprising:
an external case having a hollow interior;
a pressure adjuster configured to increase or decrease a pressure inside the external case;
a phantom which is disposed inside the external case and which comprises
a plurality of blocks combined into a continuous body having a first region and a second region; and
a deformable target block incorporated into the continuous body, the deformable target block being made of an elastic bag including plastic pieces,
wherein the plurality of blocks comprises at least two groups, the blocks in each group having an elastic modulus different from that of the blocks of other groups,
wherein the first region comprises more blocks having a hi her elastic modulus than the second region does, so that the first region and the second region are configured to differentially contract under an identical pressure; and

an internal film case configured to envelop the phantom such that the phantom is in fluid connection with air outside the external case by an air pipe;
wherein, in response to a pressure increase inside the external case by the pressure adjuster, a volume of the phantom decreases due to the increased pressure, and in response to a pressure decrease inside the external case by the pressure adjuster, the volume of the phantom increases due to air supplied through the air pipe.

8. The phantom system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the deformable target block exhibits a color different from a color of the plurality of blocks when photographed with a diagnosis apparatus.

9. The phantom system according to claim 7 ,
wherein some of the plurality of blocks are configured to measure a radiation amount.

10. The phantom system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the phantom comprises a plurality of deformable target blocks.

11. The phantom system according to claim 10 ,
wherein the plurality of deformable target blocks is configured to mimic a shape or movement of a tumor.

12. The phantom system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the phantom imitates a shape of a lung.

13. The phantom according to claim 7 ,
wherein the deformable target block is configured to aggregate or disperse the plastic pieces relative to each other in proportion to deformation of blocks adjacent to the deformable target block.

Assignees

• Univ Sungkyunkwan Res & Bus

Inventors

• Koo Jachoon
• Lee Hyukjin
• Lee Hae Jin

Classifications

• A61B6/032 Primary

  Transmission computed tomography [CT] · CPC title

• A61B6/583

  using calibration phantoms · CPC title

• A61B6/486

  involving generating temporal series of image data · CPC title

• A61B6/50

  specially adapted for specific body parts; specially adapted for specific clinical applications · CPC title

• A61B6/03

  Computed tomography [CT] · CPC title