PAPERBASED NUCLEAR MEDICAL PHANTOM AND THE METHOD OF USING SUCH A PHANTOM

摘要

The present invention relates to a phantom for assessment of image quality in imaging of a mammal body by means of different imaging techniques, particularly such techniques used in the field of nuclear medicine, a method for assessing the amount of scattering and attenuation of photons in said phantom, a method for image interpretation or correction, and a method by means of which the phantom of the present invention is obtainable according to the preamble of the attached independent claims. More particularly, the invention relates to such phantoms suitable for use in imaging of the human body in the field of nuclear medicine, which phantoms are essentially liquid-free and offers a great number of advantages over the known phantoms. The invention also relates to a method of preparing a phantom, a radioactive ink and the use of the phantom.