Publication References
Model 002 IMRT Phantoms
Crocker JK, Ng JA, Keall PJ, Booth JT. Measurement of patient imaging dose for real-time kilovoltage x-ray intrafraction tumour position monitoring in prostate patients Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2012; 57(10):2969-2980 View
Wertz H, Jahnke L, Schneider F, Polednik M, et al. A novel lateral disequilibrium inclusive (LDI) pencil-beam based dose calculation algorithm: Evaluation in inhomogeneous phantoms and comparison with Monte Carlo calculations. Medical Physics. 2011; 38(3):1627-1634. View
Aljarrah K, Pawlicki T, Tyagi N, B. Jiang S. Evaluation of IMRT QA Point Measurement Rocesses Using a Commercial Heterogeneous Phantom. Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy. 2010; 2(03):063-069. View
Schiefer H, Fogliata A, Nicolini G, et al. The Swiss IMRT dosimetry intercomparison using a thorax phantom. Medical Physics. 2010;37(8):4424-4431. View
Altman MB, Vesper BJ, Smith BD, et al. Characterization of a novel phantom for three-dimensional in vitro cell experiments. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2009; 54(5):N75-N82. View
Schiefer H, Nicolini G, Fogliata A, Seelentag WW, Fix MK. The first national IMRT dosimetry inter comparison in Switzerland using a thorax phantom with inhomogeneities Dössel O, Schlegel WC, eds. 2009; 25/1:93-96. View
Abomadvan A, Polednik M, Rahn A, et al. Improving dose homogeneity in large breasts by IMRT – efficacy and dosimetric accuracy of different techniques. European Journal of Cancer Supplements. 2008; 6(7):143-143. View
Bragg CM, Wingate K, Conway J. Clinical implications of the anisotropic analytical algorithm for IMRT treatment planning and verification. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2008; 86(2):276-284. View
Brunckhorst E, Gershkevitsh E, Ibbott G, et al. Commissioning of Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Systems: Testing for Typical External Beam Treatment Techniques. IAEA. 2008; 1583:1-67. View
Gershkevitsh E, Schmidt R, Velez G, et al. Dosimetric verification of radiotherapy treatment planning systems: Results of IAEA pilot study. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2008; 89(3):338-346. View
Luo W, Yoo S, Wu Q, Wang Z, Yin F-FF. Analysis of image quality for real-time target tracking using simultaneous kV-MV imaging. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(12):5501-5509. View
Vatnitsky S. Commissioning of Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Systems: Testing for Typical External Beam Treatment Techniques : Report of the Coordinated Research Project on Development of Procedures for Quality Assurance of Dosimetry Calculations in Radiotherapy. International Atomic Energy Agency, 2008; IAEA-TECDOC-1583:1-67. View
Zhao Y-LL, Mackenzie M, Kirkby C, Fallone B. Monte Carlo evaluation of a treatment planning system for helical tomotherapy in an anthropomorphic heterogeneous phantom and for clinical treatment plans. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(12):5366-5374. View
Polednik M, Madyan YA, Schneider F, et al. Evaluation of calculation algorithms implemented in different commercial planning systems on an anthropomorphic breast phantom using film dosimetry. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft ... [et al]. 2007; 183(12):667-672. View
Altman M, Chmura S, Smith B, et al. SU-FF-T-40: A Novel Phantom for Use in 3-Dimensional in Vitro Cell Experiments. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(6). View
Dobler B, Walter C, Knopf A, et al. Optimization of extracranial stereotactic radiation therapy of small lung lesions using accurate dose calculation algorithms. Radiation Oncology. 2006; 1(1). View
Nakonechny KD, Fallone BG, Rathee S. Novel methods of measuring single scan dose profiles and cumulative dose in CT. Medical Physics. 2005; 32(1). View
Wertz, H., Stsepankou, D., Blessing, M, et al. Fast kilovoltage/ megavolates (kVMV) breathhold cone-beam CT for image guided radiotherapy of lung cancer. Phys. Med Biol. 55 (2010) 4203-4217. View
Lamb, Gillian. Implementation of volumetric arc therapy for head and neck cancer. RAD Magazine. 37(48); 33-34. View
Model 004 CT Simulator For Bone Mineral Analysis
Goodsitt MM, Christodoulou EG, Larson SC. Accuracies of the synthesized monochromatic CT numbers and effective atomic numbers obtained with a rapid kVp switching dual energy CT scanner. Medical Physics. 2011; 38(4):2222-2232. View
Cossmann P, Stuessi A, von Briel C. SU-GG-T-536 Characterisation of a Linac Cone-Beam-CT Option: What Is the Future Potential for Treatment Planning? Medical Physics. 2008; 35(6). View
Lampmann LEH, Duursma SA, Ruys JHJ. CT densitometry in osteoporosis: the impact on management of the patient. Boston: M. Nijhoff. 1984
Levi C, Gray JE, McCullough EC, Hattery RR. The unreliability of CT numbers as absolute values. American Journal of Roentgenology. 1982; 139(3):443-47. View
Cann CE, Genant HK. Precise measurement of vertebral mineral content using computed tomography. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 1980; 4(4):493-500. View
Model 007 CT Dose Phantom
Comprehensive methodology for the evaluation of radiation dose in x-ray computed tomography. Report of AAPM Task Group 111: The Future of CT Dosimetry. American Association of Physicists in Medicine. 2010. View
Hubert-Tremblay V, Archambault L, Beaulieu L, Roy R. SU-FF-T-275: Octree Based Compression Method of DICOM Images for Voxel Number Reduction and Faster Monte Carlo Simulations. Medical Physics. 2005; 32(6). View
Model 007TE Tissue Equivalent CT Dose Phantoms
Size-Specific Dose Estimates (SSDE) in Pediatric and Adult Body CT Examinations. Report of AAPM Task Group 204. American Association of Physicists in Medicine. 2011. View
Model 008A Dynamic Thorax Phantom
Turner K, Cai J, Yin F, Zhang Y, et al. SU-E-J-209 A Simple Method to Minimize Uncertainty in ITV Delineation: Phantom Verification. AAPM 2012 Poster. View
Boda-Heggemann J, Fleckenstein J, Lohr F, et al. Multiple Breath-Hold Cbct for Online Image Guided Radiotherapy of Lung Tumors: Simulation with a Dynamic Phantom and First Patient Data." Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2011; 98(3):309-316. View
Masset H, Dumas JL, Gschwind R, Gavignet E, Makovicka L, Bosset JF. [Dosimetric impact of the 2D motion of a platform simulating breathing during a dynamic mode treatment]. Cancer Radiother. 2009; 13(2):108-13. View
Park S-J, Ionascu D, Killoran J, et al. Evaluation of the combined effects of target size, respiratory motion and background activity on 3D and 4D PET/CT images. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2008; 53(13):3661-3679. View
Sakhalkar HS, Oldham M. Fast, high-resolution 3D dosimetry utilizing a novel optical-CT scanner incorporating tertiary telecentric collimation. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(1). View
Munoz C, Hevezi J, Mira J. Evaluation of Positional Accuracy in Moving Tumors Using a CIRS Dynamic Phantom. Poster presented at Cyberknife User’s Meeting, 2007. View
Tanyi JA, Fuss M, Varchena V, Lancaster JL, Salter BJ. Phantom investigation of 3D motion-dependent volume aliasing during CT simulation for radiation therapy planning. Radiation Oncology. 2007; 2. View
Wang Z, Wu QJ, Marks LB, Larrier N, Yin F-F. Cone-Beam CT Localization of Internal Target Volumes for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy of Lung Lesions. International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics. 2007; 69(5):1618-1624. View
Munoz C. Method to Validate the Dosimetric Accuracy of Synchrony Using a CIRS Dynamic Phantom. Powerpoint presented at Cyberknife User’s Meeting. View
Chuang C, Verhey L, MA L. SU-FF-T-429: The Use of a New Dynamic Motion Phantom for Patient Specific QA in Tracking Therapy. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(6). View
Keall PJ, Mageras GS, Balter JM, et al. The management of respiratory motion in radiation oncology report of AAPM Task Group 76. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(10). View
Tanyi, JA, et al. Phantom Investigation of Three-Dimensional Motion Dependent Volume Aliasing During CT Simulation for Radiation Therapy Planning. Poster presented at annual AAPM meeting, Orlando FL, 2006. View
Tanyi, JA. Phantom Investigation of Three-Dimensional, Motion-Induced Dose Discrepancy During Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Dose Delivery. Poster presented at annual AAPM meeting, Orlando FL, 2006. View
Wang Z, Yin F, Yoo S, et al. SU-EE-A1-04: Verifying Internal Target Volume Using Cone-Beam CT for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Treatment. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(6). View
Varchena V, Tanyi J, Salter B. 70 A novel Dynamic Thorax phantom for 3D-CRT and IMRT of lung lesions. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2005; 76:S42-S43. View
Tanyi JA, Rassiah P, Cheng C, et al. Dosimetric Evaluation of Target Dose in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) of Lung Lesions Using aDynamic Motion Anthropomorphic Phantom. 2004. View
Chan MK, Kwong DL, Ng SC, Tong AS, Tam EK. Accuracy and sensitivity of four-dimensional dose calculation to systematic motion variability in stereotatic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for lung cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2012;13(6):3992. View
Gao H, Li R, Lin Y, Xing L. 4D cone beam CT via spatiotemporal tensor framelet. Med Phys. 2012;39(11):6943-6. View
Choi K, Xing L, Koong A, Li R. First study of on-treatment volumetric imaging during respiratory gated VMAT. Med Phys. 2013;40(4):040701. View
Model 009 Cube Phantom
Heaton R, Ramaseshan R, Zhang T, Norrlinger B, et al. PO-T-97 Dosimetric Evaluation of Plastic Water-Diagnostic-Therapy (PWDT) Phantom Material. AAPM Annual Meeting. 2003. View
Model 026 DEXA Phantom
Jackson SA, Miller CG. Choice of Cross-Calibration Phantom for DXA of the Lumbar Spine and Total Hip. ASBMR. 2003. View
Pearson D, Cawte SA, Green DJ. A comparison of phantoms for cross-calibration of lumbar spine DXA. Osteoporosis International. 2002; 13 (12):948-54. View
Jackson SA, Miller CG. Bio-Imaging Technologies Inc. Newtown PA, USA. and the CaMos Research GroupChoice of Cross-Calibration Phantom for DXA of the Lumbar Spine and Total Hip. View
Model 061 Spiral/Helical CT Phantom
Hugo GD, Agazaryan N, Solberg TD. The effects of tumor motion on planning and delivery of respiratory-gated IMRT. Medical Physics. 2003; 30(6). View
Model 062 Electron Density Phantom
Beardmore AB, Rosen II, Cheek DA, Fields RS, Hogstrom KR. Evaluation of MVCT images with skin collimation for electron beam treatment planning. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2008; 9(3):2773. View
Mehran Y, Beaulieu L. Metal artifact reduction in helical CT for radiation therapy treatment planning. 2004; 50(4):139-140. View
Pemler P, Schneider U, Besserer J. Evaluation of the electron density phantom CIRS Model 62. Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik. 2001; 11(1):25-32. View
Hubbell JH. Photon Mass Attenuation and Energy-Absorption Coefficients from 1 keV to 20 MeV. International Journal Applied Radiation Isotopes. 1982; 33:1269-1290.
Judy PF, Adler GJ. Comparison of equivalent photon energy calibration methods in computed tomography. Medical Physics. 1980; 7:685-691. View
Millner MR, Payne WH, Waggener RG, McDavid WD, et al. Determination of effective energies in CT calibration. Medical Physics. 1978; 5(6):543-545. View
Model 600 3D Sectional Torso Phantom
Seppi EJ, Munro P, Johnsen SW, et al. Megavoltage cone-beam computed tomography using a high-efficiency image receptor. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2003; 55(3):793-803. View
Model 602 3D Torso Phantom
Oehler M, Bärbel K, Buzug TM. Institute for Medical Engineering. Computed Tomography: Metal-Artifact Reduction. View
Model 605 Radiosurgery Head Phantom
Ma L, Chuang C, Descovich M, Petti P, Smith V, Verhey L. Whole-procedure clinical accuracy of gamma knife treatments of large lesions. Medical Physics. 2008 Nov; 35(11):5110-4. View
Vinci JP, Hogstrom KR, Neck DW. Accuracy of cranial coplanar beam therapy using an oblique, stereoscopic x-ray image guidance system. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(8):3809-3819. View
Yu C, Main W, Taylor D, et al. An anthropomorphic phantom study of the accuracy of Cyberknife spinal radiosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2004; 55(5):1138-1149. View
Chang SD, Main W, Martin DP, Gibbs IC, Heilbrun PP. An analysis of the accuracy of the CyberKnife: a robotic frameless stereotactic radiosurgical system. Neurosurgery. 2003; 52(1). View
Ho A, Luxton G, Hai J, Martin D. Simplification to Verify Dose Delivery Accuracy Using TLD and a Head Phantom for the Cyberknife System (AbstractID: 8506). In: Palais des Congrès de Montréal: AAPM. View
Chang, Zheng, Zhiheng Wang, Jinli Ma, Jackie Wu, Ryan McMahon, John P. Kirkpatrick, and Fang-Fang Yin. "Six Degree-of-Freedom Image Guidance for Frameless Intracranial Stereotactic RadioSurgery with Kilo-voltage Cone- Beam CT." Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy 1000101st ser. 1.1 (2010) View
Model 701 - 706 ATOM® Dosimetry Verification Phantoms
Becker SJ, Elliston C, Dewyngaert K, Jozsef G, et al. Breast radiotherapy in the prone position primarily reduces the maximum out-of-field measured dose to the ipsilateral lung. Medical Physics. 2012; 39 (5): 2417-23. View
Zhu X, Cahill A M, Felice M, Johnson L, Sarmiento M. Developing Low-Dose C-Arm Ct Imaging for Temporomandibular Joint (tmj) Disorder in Interventional Radiology. Pediatric Radiology. 2010; 41.4:476-482. View
Howell RM, Scarboro SB, Kry S, Yaldo DZ. Accuracy of out-of-field dose calculations by a commercial treatment planning system. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2010; 55(23):6999-7008. View
Howell RM, Scarboro SB, Taddei PJ, et al. Methodology for determining doses to in-field, out-of-field and partially in-field organs for late effects studies in photon radiotherapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2010; 55(23):7009-7023. View
Thornton RH, Dauer LT, Altamirano JP, et al. Comparing strategies for operator eye protection in the interventional radiology suite. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2010; 21(11):1703-1707. View
Miksys N, Gordon CL, Thomas K, Connolly BL. Estimating Effective Dose to Pediatric Patients Undergoing Interventional Radiology Procedures Using Anthropomorphic Phantoms and MOSFET Dosimeters. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2010; 194(5):1315-1322. View
Scarboro SB, Stovall M, White A, et al. Effect of organ size and position on out-of-field dose distributions during radiation therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2010; 55(23):7025-7036. View
Kim S, Yoshizumi TT, Frush DP, Toncheva G, Yin F-FF. Radiation dose from cone beam CT in a pediatric phantom: risk estimation of cancer incidence. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2010; 194(1):186-190. View
Jaffe TA, Neville AM, Anderson-Evans C, et al. Early First Trimester Fetal Dose Estimation Method in a Multivendor Study of 16- and 64-MDCT Scanners and Low-Dose Imaging Protocols. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2009; 193(4):1019-1024. View
Jaffe TA, Yoshizumi TT, Toncheva G, et al. Radiation Dose for Body CT Protocols: Variability of Scanners at One Institution. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2009; 193(4):1141-1147. View
Bastos M d'Almeida, Lee EY, Strauss KJ, et al. Motion Artifact on High-Resolution CT Images of Pediatric Patients: Comparison of Volumetric and Axial CT Methods. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2009; 193(5):1414-1418. View
McDermott A, White RA, Mc-Nitt-Gray M, Angel E, Cody D. Pediatric organ dose measurements in axial and helical multislice CT. Medical Physics. 2009; 36(5). View
Mazonakis M, Zacharopoulou F, Varveris H, Damilakis J. Peripheral dose measurements for 6 and 18 MV photon beams on a linear accelerator with multileaf collimator. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(10):4396-4403. View
Papadakis AE, Perisinakis K, Damilakis J. Automatic exposure control in pediatric and adult multidetector CT examinations: a phantom study on dose reduction and image quality. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(10):4567-4576. View
Coursey C, Frush DP, Yoshizumi T, et al. Pediatric Chest MDCT Using Tube Current Modulation: Effect on Radiation Dose with Breast Shielding. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2008; 190(1):W54-61. View
Hollingsworth CL, Yoshizumi TT, Frush DP, et al. Pediatric Cardiac-Gated CT Angiography: Assessment of Radiation Dose. American Journal of Roentgenology.2007; 189(1):12-18. View
Brenner DJ, McCollough CH, Orton CG. It is time to retire the computed tomography dose index (CTDI) for CT quality assurance and dose optimization. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(5). View
Damilakis J, Stratakis J, Raissaki M, et al. Normalized dose data for upper gastrointestinal tract contrast studies performed to infants. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(4). View
Hurwitz LM, Yoshizumi TT, Reiman RE, Paulson EK et al. Radiation Dose to the Female Breast from 16-MDCT Body Protocols. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2006; 186(6):1718-22. View
Jaffe TA, Gaca AM, Delaney S, Yoshizumi TT, et al. Radiation doses from small-bowel follow-through and abdominopelvic MDCT in Crohn's disease. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2007; 189 (5): 1015-22. View
Ranade M, Lynch B, Li J, Dempsey J. TH-E-224A-04: IMRT Film QA in a Heterogeneous Anthropomorphic Phantom. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(6). View
Hood C, Kron T, Hamilton C, et al. Correlation of 3D-planned and measured dosimetry of photon and electron craniospinal radiation in a pediatric anthropomorphic phantom. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2005; 77(1):111-116. View
Kudchadker RJ, Chang EL, Bryan F, Maor MH, Famiglietti R. An evaluation of radiation exposure from portal films taken during definitive course of pediatric radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2004; 59(4):1229-1235. View
Fricke BL, Donnelly LF, Frush DP, et al. In-Plane Bismuth Breast Shields for Pediatric CT: Effects on Radiation Dose and Image Quality Using Experimental and Clinical Data. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2003; 180(2):407-411. View
Varchena V. Pediatric phantoms. Pediatric Radiology. 2002; 32(4):280-284. View
Zhou Y, Scott A. SU-E-I-09: Image Quality Evaluation on Reduced Doses in Brain CT Scans - Anthropomorphic Phantom Study Using Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction. Med. Phys. 2011;38(6):3397-. View
Dhabaan A, Schreibmann E, Siddiqi A, et al. Six degrees of freedom CBCT-based positioning for intracranial targets treated with frameless stereotactic radiosurgery. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2012;13(6):3916. View
Model 711-HN Dental & Diagnostic Head Phantom
Albertini F, Casiraghi M, Lorentini S, et al. Experimental verification of IMPT treatment plans in an anthropomorphic phantom in the presence of delivery uncertainties. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2011; 56:4415. View
Model 801-P Virtually Human Male Pelvis Phantom
Sykes, J., et al., Evaluation Report X-Ray Tomographic Image Guided Radiotherapy Systems. Radiotherapy Physics Group Medical Physics and Engineering & Radiotherapy Department, Non-Surgical Oncology. NHS Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing (UK).CEP 10071: March 2010. View
Sykes, J., et al., Protocol: Technical evaluation of X-ray tomographic image-guided radiotherapy devices. Radiotherapy Physics Group Medical Physics and Engineering & Radiotherapy Department, Non-Surgical Oncology. NHS Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing (UK). CEP10071: March 2010. View
Schaly B, Varchena V, Au P, Pang G. Evaluation of an anthropomorphic male pelvic phantom for image-guided radiotherapy. Reports in Medical Imaging. 2009; 2:69-78. View
Schaly B, Varchena V, Au P, Pang G. Sci-Thur PM Therapy-05: Evaluation of male pelvic phantom for megavoltage cone-beam computed tomography. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(7). View
Plastic Water®
Demez N, Lee TK. Study on the compatibility of tissue equivalent phantoms for use in proton beam therapy QA. E-Poster Presentation, European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO 31) Barcelona, Spain, 2012. View
Guillot M, Beaulieu L, Archambault L, Gingras L, Beddar S. A New Water-Equivalent 2D Plastic Scintillation Detectors Array for the Dosimetry of Megavoltage Energy Photon Beams in Radiation Therapy. Medical Physics. 2011; 38(12):6763-6774. View
Xu L, McEwen M, Cojocaru C, Faddegon B. SU-FF-T-443: Measurement of Lateral Dose Distributions Using GafChromic EBT Films and PTW Starcheck 2-D Array. Medical Physics. 2009; 36(6). View
Beardmore AB, Rosen II, Cheek DA, Fields RS, Hogstrom KR. Evaluation of MVCT images with skin collimation for electron beam treatment planning. J Appl Clin Medical Physics. 2008; 9(3):2773. View
Lacroix F, Archambault L, Gingras L, et al. Clinical prototype of a plastic water-equivalent scintillating fiber dosimeter array for QA applications. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(8):3682-3690. View
Ramaseshan R, Kohli K, Cao F, Heaton R. A Dosimetric evaluation of Plastic Water-Diagnostic-Therapy (PWDT). Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2008; 9(2). View
Carrasco P, Jornet N, Duch MA, et al. Comparison of dose calculation algorithms in slab phantoms with cortical bone equivalent heterogeneities. Medical Physics. 2007; 34(8):3323-3333. View
Goodsitt M, Chan H P, Way T W, et al. Accuracy of the Ct Numbers of Simulated Lung Nodules Imaged with Multi-Detector Ct Scanners. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(8):3006-3017. View
McEwen MR, Niven D. Characterization of the phantom material virtual water in high-energy photon and electron beams. Medical Physics. 2006; 33(4):876-87. View
Carrasco P, Jornet N, Duch MA, et al. Comparison of dose calculation algorithms in phantoms with lung equivalent heterogeneities under conditions of lateral electronic disequilibrium. Medical Physics. 2004; 31(10). View
Casar B, Zdesar U, & Robar V. Evaluation of water equivalency of Plastic Water™ for high-energy electron beams using IAEA TRS-398 Code of Practice. Radiology and Oncology. 2004; 38(1):55-60. View
Ramaseshan, R., Kohli, K., Cao, F., & Heaton, R. (2008). A Dosimetric evaluation of Plastic Water-Diagnostic-Therapy (PWDT). Journal Of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 9(2). doi:10.1120/jacmp.v9i2.2761. View
Saitoh H, Tomaru T, Fujisaki, T, et al. A Study on Properties of Water Substitute Solid Phantom using EGS Code. In: Vol 2002. Japan; 2003; 55-63. View
Wallace RE. AbstractID: 8072 Title: Evaluated Phantom Material for 125I and 103Pd Dosimetry. AAPM Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. 2002 View
Watts RJ. Method to QA 3-D Treatment Planning Systems. Presented at annual AAPM meeting, San Antonio TX, 2001; International Medical Physics Services; Poster# SU-FF-EXH C-48. View
Allahverdi M, Nisbet A, Thwaites DI. An evaluation of epoxy resin phantom materials for megavoltage photon dosimetry. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 1999; 44(5). View
Tello VM. How water equivalent are water-equivalent solid materials for output calibration of photon and electron beams? Medical Physics. 1995; 22(7). View
Tello, VM, Evaluation of Plastic Water (Cream Colored) for Absorbed Dose Calibration of Photon and Electron Beams. Presented at the AAPM Southwest Chapter Meeting, 1992. View
Tissue Equivalent Material & Plastic Water®
Carrasco P, Jornet N, Duch MA, et al. Comparison of dose calculation algorithms in phantoms with lung equivalent heterogeneities under conditions of lateral electronic disequilibrium. Medical Physics. 2004;31(10). View
Custom Phantoms
PW & Breast (Hard Resin) Phantom
Bencomo JA, Chu C, Tello VM, Cho SHH, Ibbott GS. Anthropomorphic breast phantoms for quality assurance and dose verification. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics / American College of Medical Physics. 2004;5(1):36-49. View
BallCube (008), Radiosurgery Head (605) & ATOM Dosimetry Verification Phantoms
Yu C, Main W, Taylor D, et al. An anthropomorphic phantom study of the accuracy of Cyberknife spinal radiosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2004; 55(5):1138-1149. View
Main W, et al. CyberKnife® Targeting Accuracy using the CK-6°TM Algorithm. MS Boulder Community Hospital 2003. View
CT Phantom
Bastos M d'Almeida, Lee EY, Strauss KJ, et al. Motion Artifact on High-Resolution CT Images of Pediatric Patients: Comparison of Volumetric and Axial CT Methods. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2009; 193(5):1414-1418. View
Salmon PL. Calibration of thickness and BMD measurement in micro-CT imaging of bone. Presented at Skyscan User Meeting, Ter Elst Hotel, Edegem, Belgium, 2003. View
Tublin ME, Murphy ME, Delong DM, Tessler FN, Kliewer MA. Conspicuity of Renal Calculi at Unenhanced CT: Effects of Calculus Composition and Size and CT Technique1. Radiology. 2002; 225(1):91-96. View
Model 040GSE General Purpose Multi-Tissue Ultrasound Phantom
Rizzo G, Capponi A, Pietrolucci ME, Arduini D. Role of Sonographic Automatic Volume Calculation in Measuring Fetal Cardiac Ventricular Volumes Using 4-Dimensional Sonography: Comparison With Virtual Organ Computer-Aided Analysis. J Ultrasound Med. 2010; 29(2):261-270. View
Model 045 Brachytherapy QA Phantom
Pfeiffer D, Sutlief S, Feng W, Pierce HM, Kofler J. AAPM Task Group 128: Quality assurance tests for prostate brachytherapy ultrasound systems. Medical Physics. 2008; 35(12). View
Model 046 Blood Mimicking Fluid
Ramnarine KV, Nassiri DK, Hoskins PR, Lubbers J. Validation of a new blood-mimicking fluid for use in Doppler flow test objects. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 1998; 24(3):451-9. View
Model 049 & 049A Elasticity QA Phantoms
Harris, E., Miller, NR. Et al. Speckle tracking in a phantom feature-based tracking in liver in the presence of respiratory motion using 4D ultrasound. Phys. Med. Biol. 55 2010; 55; 3363-3380. View
McAleavey, Stephen A. Methods and Systems for Spatially Modulated Ultrasound Radiation Force Imaging. Patent US2011/0184287 A1. 28 July 2011. View
Model 053 Tissue-Equivalent Ultrasound Prostate Phantom
Kemper J, Burkholder A, Jain A, et al. TU-EE-A1-06: Transrectal Fiducial Carrier for Radiographic Image Registration in Prostate Brachytherapy. Medical Physics. 2005; 32(6). View
Tremblay C, Gingras L, Archambault L, et al. SU-FF-T-232: Characterization and Use of MOSFET as In Vivo Dosimeters under 192Ir Irradiation for Real-Time Quality Assurance. Medical Physics. 2005; 32(6). View
Onik G, Downey D, Fenster A. Three-dimensional sonographically monitored cryosurgery in a prostate phantom. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 1996; 15(3):267-270. View
Model 055 3D Ultrasound Calibration Phantom
Amin VR, Wang B, Sonka M, Lauer RM. Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of vessel wall for evaluating atherosclerosis risk and disease. SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering. 2002; Proc SPIE 4687(32):255-263. View
Model 059 Breast Elastography Phantom
Rivaz, H., E. Boctor, P. Foroughi, R. Zellars, G. Fichtinger, and G. Hager. "Ultrasound Elastography: A Dynamic Programming Approach." IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 27.10 (2008): 1373-377. View
Model 066 Prostate Elastography Phantom
Wu Z, Taylor LS, Rubens DJ and Parker KJ. Shear wave focusing for three-dimensional sonoelastography. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2002; 111(1):439-446. View
Model 068 Fetal Ultrasound Biometrics Phantom
Hansmann M, Hackeloer BJ, Staudach A, eds. Ultrasound Diagnosis in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Berlin, Springer- Verlag. 1985; 113-153.
Model 072 Vascular Access Training Phantom Kit
Dodge, Kelly, Catherine Lynch, Christopher Moore, Brian Biroscak, and Leigh Evans. "Use of Ultrasound Guidance Improves Central Venous Catheter Insertion Success Rates among Junior Residents." Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 31.10 (2012): 1519-1526.
Zerdine & Urethane Ultrasound
Wu Z, Hoyt K, Rubens DJ and Parker KJ. Sonoelastographic imaging of interference patterns for estimation of shear velocity distribution in biomaterials. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2006; 120: 535-45. View
Browne JE, Ramnairne KV, Hoskins PR and Watson AJ. Assessment of the acoustic properties of common tissue-mimicking test phantoms. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. 2003; 29(7):1053-1060. View
Browne JE, Ramnairne KV, Hoskins PR and Watson AJ, "A Comparative Study of the Physical Properties of Five Commonly used Ultrasound Test Phantoms." MDA Ultrasound Equipment Evaluation Project, Glasgow Western Infirmary. 2002. View
Goharrizi AY, N'djin WA, Kwong R, Chopra R. Development of a new control strategy for 3D MRI-controlled interstitial ultrasound cancer therapy. Med Phys. 2013;40(3):033301. View
General Ultrasound - CIRS Lab Capabilities
Madsen EL, Dong F, Frank GR, et al. Interlaboratory comparison of ultrasonic backscatter, attenuation, and speed measurements. J Ultrasound Med. 1999; 18(9):615-631. View
Custom Phantoms
Prostate Phantom (MRI & Elastography)
Arani A, Plewes D, Krieger A, Chopra R. The feasibility of endorectal MR elastography for prostate cancer localization. Magn. Reson. Med. 2011. View
Krieger A, Iordachita I, Guion P, et al. An MRI-Compatible Robotic System with Hybrid Tracking for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 2011. View
Elastography Phantom
Lee J-H, Garcia-Acosta N, Te K, Won C-H. Proceedings of SPIE: Tactile sensation imaging system for inclusion characterization. Mahadevan-Jansen A, Vo-Dinh T, Grundfest WS, eds. Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems IX. 2011; 7890. View
Treece G, Lindop J, Chen L, et al. Real-time quasi-static ultrasound elastography. Interface Focus. 2011. View
Ultrasound Bone Phantom
Wear KA, Laib A. The dependence of ultrasonic backscatter on trabecular thickness in human calcaneus: Theoretical and experimental results. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 2003; 50(8):979-986. View
Model 011A Tissue-Equivalent Phantom for Mammography
Milanfar P. Super-resolution imaging. CRC Press; 2011:394-396. View
Shafer CM, Samei E, Lo JY. The quantitative potential for breast tomosynthesis imaging. Medical Physics. 2010;37(3). View
Nassivera E, Nardin L. Daily quality control programme in mammography. Br J Radiol. 1996; 69(818):148-152. View
Skubic SE. The effect of breast composition on absorbed dose and image contrast. Medical Physics. 1989; 16(4). View
Fatouros PP, et al. Development and Use of Realistically Shaped Tissue Equivalent Phantoms for assessing the Mammographic Process. Presented at 74th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago IL,1988. View
Zhou Y. TH-A-217BCD-11: A Practical Approach to Evaluate the Performance of Automatic Exposure Controls in Digital Mammography. Med. Phys. 2012;39(6):3991-. View
Model 012A Mammography Research Set
Li X, Da Z, Liu B. A generic geometric calibration method for tomographic imaging systems with flat-panel detectors--a detailed implementation guide. Medical Physics. 2010; 37(7):3844-54. View
Kuzmiak CM, Pisano ED, Cole EB, et al. Comparison of full-field digital mammography to screen-film mammography with respect to contrast and spatial resolution in tissue equivalent breast phantoms. Medical Physics. 2005; 32(10). View
Hammerstein R, Miller D, White D, et al. Absorbed Dose in Mammography. Radiology. 130:485-491. View
Hubbell JH. Photon Mass Attenuation and Energy-Absorption Coefficients from 1 keV to 20 MeV. International Journal Applied Radiation Isotopes. 1982; 33:1269-1290. View
Model 014 Mammography Artifact Evaluation Phantom & Phototimer Testing Slabs
White DR. Epoxy resin based tissue substitutes. British Journal of Radiology. 1987; 50:814-821. View
Model 015 Mammographic Accreditation Phantom
Imamura K, et al. Synchrotron Radiation Imaging Showed Cracking-Like Structures in ACR-Approved Mammography Phantoms. Poster presented at annual AAPM meeting, 2003; Poster# TH-C24A08. View
Geise RA, Palchevsky A. Composition of mammographic phantom materials. Radiology. 1996; 198(2):347-350. View
Chakraborty DP. Quantitative versus subjective evaluation of mammography accreditation phantom images. Medical Physics. 1995; 22(2). View
Model 015 Mammographic Accreditation Phantom & Model 085 Digital Mammography Phantom
Berns EA, Hendrick ER. Technical Evaluation of Foam Pads in Mammography. Poster presented at National Consortium of Breast CentersNCBC), Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb 22-24, 2004. View
Model 016A Exposure Contrast Resolution Phantom & Model 016B Special High Contrast Resolution Phantom
Goodsitt MM, Chan H-P, Liu B. Investigation of the line-pair pattern method for evaluating mammographic focal spot performance. Medical Physics. 1997; 24(1). View
Model 017 Mammographic Step Wedge
Shepherd JA, Kerlikowske KM, Smith-Bindman R, Genant HK, sCummings SR. Measurement of Breast Density with Dual X-ray Absorptiometry: Feasibility1. Radiology. 2002; 223(2):554-557. View
White DR. Epoxy resin based tissue substitutes. British Journal of Radiology. 1987; 50:814-821. View
Model 020 Mammography BR3D Phantom
Feng SSJ, Sechopoulos I. A Software-Based X-Ray Scatter Correction Method for Breast Tomosynthesis. Medical Physics. 2011; 38(12):6643-6653. View
Taibi A et al. Lesion detectability in digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis: A Phantom Study. 2010; ECR Presentation B-823. View
Model 240 Specimen Imaging and Transport Container
Luciani A, Pigneur F, Ghozali F, et al. Ex vivo MRI of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer. European Journal of Radiology. 2009; 69(1):59-66. View
General Mammography
Verdun FR, Moeckli R, Valley J-F, et al. European Survey of Image Quality Assessment Methods Used in Mammography. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 1998; 80(1-3):73-76. View
Byng J, Mainprize JG, Yaffe MJ. X-ray characterization of breast phantom materials. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 1998; 1367-1377. View
Custom Phantoms
Cone Beam CT Breast Phantom
Kwan ALC, Boone JM, Shah N. Evaluation of x-ray scatter properties in a dedicated cone-beam breast CT scanner. Medical Physics. 2005; 32(9). View
Custom Breast Phantom with Cylindrical Plugs
Alonzo-Proulx, O. "Validation of a Method for Measuring the Volumetric Breast Density from Digital Mammograms." Physics in Medicine and Biology 55.11 (2010): 3027-044. View
Tissue-Equivalent Mammography Phantom (Model 011A)
Pachoud M. Development of a test object for an objective assessment of image quality in conventional or digital mammography. 2002; 219-225. View
Custom Phantoms
MRI Phantom (Thermal Ablation)
Holbrook AB, Ghanouni P, Butts Pauly K, Santos JM, et al. In vivo MR acoustic radiation force imaging in the porcine liver. Medical Physics. 2011; 38(9):5081-5089. View
Bouchard L-S, Bronskill MJ. Magnetic resonance imaging of thermal coagulation effects in a phantom for calibrating thermal therapy devices. Medical Physics. 2000; 27(5). View
MRI Phantom
Bronskill MJ, Escaravage M, Stanisz G, Henkelman RM. Abstracts (Continue in Part XXXXIV) - Development of Materials to Calibrate Thermal Damage Patterns with MRI. Proc. Soc. Magn. Reson. Med. 1997; 1997(S1):2151-2200. View
Roe JE, Prentice WE, Hornak JP. A multipurpose MRI phantom based on a reverse micelle solution. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 1996; 35(1):136-141. View
Model 051 Triple Modality Biopsy Phantom
Solberg OV, Lindseth F, Bø LE, et al. 3D ultrasound reconstruction algorithms from analog and digital data. Ultrasonics. 2011; 51(4):405-419. View
Model 057 Interventional 3D Abdominal Phantom
Cleary, Kevin R. Periscopic Spine Surgery. Tech. no. W81XWH-04-1-0078. US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland, Jan. 2007. Web. View
Sato I, Nakamura R, Masamune K. MRI compatible manipulator with MRI-guided needle insertion support system. In: Nagoya, Japan; 2010:77-82. View
Das M, Sauer F, Schoepf JJ, et al. Augmented reality visualization for CT-guided interventions: system description, feasibility, and initial evaluation in an abdominal phantom. Radiology. 2006; 240(1):230-235. View
Zhang, Hui, Filip Banovac, Amy White, and Kevin Cleary. 3D Freehand Ultrasound Calibration Using an Electromagnetically Tracked Needle. Imaging Science and Information Systems Center. Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center. View
Custom Phantoms
Multi-Modality Pelvic Phantom (Model 048)
Mizowaki T, Cohen GN, Fung AYC, Zaider M. Towards integrating functional imaging in the treatment of prostate cancer with radiation: the registration of the MR spectroscopy imaging to ultrasound/CT images and its implementation in treatment planning. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2002; 54(5):1558-1564. View