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Construction of a temperature-controlled diffusion phantom for quality control of diffusion measurements

Reischauer, C; Staempfli, P; Jaermann, T; Boesiger, P (2009). Construction of a temperature-controlled diffusion phantom for quality control of diffusion measurements. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 29(3):692-698.

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PURPOSE: To construct a temperature-controlled diffusion phantom with known diffusion properties and geometry in order to facilitate the comparison and optimization of diffusion sequences with the objective of increasing the precision of experimentally derived diffusion parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A temperature-stabilized diffusion phantom made up of two crossing strands of hydrophobic polyethylene fibers was constructed. Reproducibility and temperature dependence of several diffusion parameters was investigated and compared with computer simulations. Furthermore, in order to stimulate actual use, the precision of measurement of different diffusion-encoding schemes was compared using bootstrap analysis. RESULTS: The measured values of the diffusion parameters are highly reproducible and feature strong temperature dependence which is reproduced in simulations, underlining the necessity of a temperature-stabilized environment for quality control. The exemplary application presented here demonstrates that the phantom allows comparing and optimizing different diffusion sequences with regard to their measurement precision. CONCLUSION: The present work demonstrates that the diffusion phantom facilitates and improves the comparison and quality control of diffusion sequences and the ensuing parameters. The results show that an accurate temperature control is a vital prerequisite for highly reproducible calibration measurements. As such, the phantom might provide a valuable calibration tool for clinical studies.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Dewey Decimal Classification:170 Ethics
610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Uncontrolled Keywords:Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Language:English
Date:2009
Deposited On:25 Nov 2009 10:10
Last Modified:03 Nov 2024 02:38
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:1053-1807
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.21665
Related URLs:http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122217021/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 (Publisher)
PubMed ID:19243053

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