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Radiographic phantom with iodinated channels
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1982-03-18
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Granted: 1984-09-18
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Expires: 2002-03-18
Abstract
Abstract A radiographic phantom is comprised of only two materials, a non-iodinated material composing the base and an iodinated material disposed in a channel simulating a blood vessel, thus providing for a resultant signal attributable only to the iodinated material when a radiographic subtraction process is conducted to test an apparatus for contrast sensitivity. The phantom is fabricated by forming the base of a plastic material, forming a channel in the base, and then filling in the channel with the same kind of plastic material but with minute amounts of iodine suspended uniformly therein.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen J. Riederer
- 👤 Edmund R. Steinike
- 👤 Frank A. DiBianca
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 07:21
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05G; H05G1/00; H05G1/08; H05G1/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
38 words
A phantom for testing the performance of x-ray equipment having image subtraction capabilities comprising a substrate portion composed of a selected material and a channel portion consisting essentially of said selected material having dissolved therein an iodinated material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
38 words
A phantom for testing the performance of x-ray equipment having image subtraction capabilities comprising a substrate portion composed of a selected material and a channel portion consisting essentially of said selected material having dissolved therein an iodinated material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A phantom as set forth in claim 1 wherein said contrast material comprises a material consisting essentially of iodine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A phantom as set forth in claim 1 wherein said selected material comprises a plastic material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
A performance phantom for use in x-ray equipment having image subtraction capabilities comprising a non-iodinated substrate portion and at least one iodinated channel portion, said iodinated channel portion consisting essentially of an iodine material suspended in a material having the same radiographic properties as said substrate portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
A performance phantom for use in x-ray equipment having image subtraction capabilities comprising a non-iodinated substrate portion and at least one iodinated channel portion, said iodinated channel portion consisting essentially of an iodine material suspended in a material having the same radiographic properties as said substrate portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A performance phantom as set forth in claim 4 wherein the material in which the iodine is suspended and the material of the substrate portion are of the same type of material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A performance phantom as set forth in claim 5 wherein said material is a plastic material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
A performance phantom for use with x-ray equipment having image subtraction capabilities comprising a non-iodinated portion consisting essentially of a non-iodinated material and an iodinated portion, said iodinated portion consisting essentially of said non-iodinated material having suspended therein a material consisting essentially of iodine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
A performance phantom for use with x-ray equipment having image subtraction capabilities comprising a non-iodinated portion consisting essentially of a non-iodinated material and an iodinated portion, said iodinated portion consisting essentially of said non-iodinated material having suspended therein a material consisting essentially of iodine.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A performance phantom as set forth in claim 7 wherein said suspended material comprises an iodo-organic compound.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A performance phantom as set forth in claim 7 wherein said suspended material is selected from the group consisting of monoiodobenzene and diiodobenzene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
68 words
A radiographic phantom for use in testing equipment capabilities in the performance of image-subtraction techniques, consisting essentially of two materials one being of a relatively low contrast material and the other being of a relatively high contrast iodinated material, wherein a first portion of the phantom consists essentially of only said one material and a second portion consists essentially of said other material dissolved in said one material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
68 words
A radiographic phantom for use in testing equipment capabilities in the performance of image-subtraction techniques, consisting essentially of two materials one being of a relatively low contrast material and the other being of a relatively high contrast iodinated material, wherein a first portion of the phantom consists essentially of only said one material and a second portion consists essentially of said other material dissolved in said one material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
A radiographic phantom as set forth in claim 10 wherein said relatively low contrast material is plastic and the relatively high contrast material is an iodinated material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
70 words
A radiographic phantom for use in testing equipment capabilities in the performance of image-subtraction techniques, comprising only two materials, one consisting essentially of iodine and the other consisting essentially of a non-iodinated material, wherein a first portion of the phantom is comprised of a portion of said non-iodinated material and a second portion of said phantom consists essentially of iodine being dissolved in a second portion of said non-iodinated material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
70 words
A radiographic phantom for use in testing equipment capabilities in the performance of image-subtraction techniques, comprising only two materials, one consisting essentially of iodine and the other consisting essentially of a non-iodinated material, wherein a first portion of the phantom is comprised of a portion of said non-iodinated material and a second portion of said phantom consists essentially of iodine being dissolved in a second portion of said non-iodinated material.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A radiographic phantom as set forth in claim 12 wherein said one material comprises an iodo-organic compound.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A radiographic phantom as set forth in claim 12 wherein said one material is selected from the group consisting of monoiodobenzene and diiodobenzene.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
54 words
A radiographic phantom for use in testing equipment capabilities in the performance of image-substraction techniques comprising a substrate portion and at least one channel portion, said at least one channel portion being composed of a continuous phase having the same radiographic properties as said substrate portion and a distributed phase consisting essentially of iodine.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
54 words
A radiographic phantom for use in testing equipment capabilities in the performance of image-substraction techniques comprising a substrate portion and at least one channel portion, said at least one channel portion being composed of a continuous phase having the same radiographic properties as said substrate portion and a distributed phase consisting essentially of iodine.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
26 words
A radiographic phantom as set forth in claim 15 wherein said substrate portion and said continuous phase part of said channel portion are comprised of plastic.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of constructing a radiographic phantom comprising the steps of (1) forming a substrate with at least one included channel representative of a blood vessel, and (2) filling said channel with a material comprising a mixture of a first material consisting essentially of iodine and a second material having substantially the same radiographic properties as said substrate.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
58 words
A method of constructing a radiographic phantom comprising the steps of (1) forming a substrate with at least one included channel representative of a blood vessel, and (2) filling said channel with a material comprising a mixture of a first material consisting essentially of iodine and a second material having substantially the same radiographic properties as said substrate.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as set forth in claim 17 and including an intermediate step of dissolving said first material in a liquid form of said second material.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as set forth in claim 17 and including a final step of allowing said mixture to solidify.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-09-18 | 1992-03-19 | 1992-09-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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