Biological tissue simulation and standard testing material for MRI

The polyacrylamide gel is proposed here as a phantom material for NMR imaging. This substance has electrical and NMR relaxation characteristics very similar to those of biological tissues. The thermal and time stabilities also make this material a convenient standard for MRI. © 1987 Academic Press, Inc.

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