Comprehensive Testing, Tissue Equivalence

• Features 28 inserts representing different dimensions and concentrations of iodine, calcium, blood, adipose and other materials of particular interest to Multi-Energy CT (MECT)

• Enables comprehensive tests of Multi-Energy CT scanner performance

• Expanded range of HE Iodine and HE Calcium

Multi-Energy CT scanners have enabled improved clinical differentiations, such as distinguishing blood from calcification and calcification from iodinated contrast.1,2 They can also create virtual mono-energetic images for clinical evaluation. However, the ability to achieve these benefits depends not only on one’s equipment, but on the protocols used. Sun Nuclear’s Multi-Energy CT Phantom enables robust evaluation of scanner performance.

• Test material discrimination using solid rods representing iodine, calcium, blood, adipose, and more

• Ensure the efficacy of clinical protocols for multi energy analysis

• Verify the quantitative accuracy of multi-energy scans

• Compare the consistency and stability across different scanners

• Check for artifacts in an extended field-of-view

• Test in both head (20 cm) and body (40cm x 30 cm) configurations

• Enable automated analysis with patented rod marker technology

Ensure Accuracy

Scanner accuracy can vary based upon scanner hardware, the dual energy post-processing, and the mAs used. Without an appropriate phantom, neither scanner accuracy nor variability are well known. Use of our calibrated high-Z inserts enables such quantification. Additionally, protocols that appropriately balance patient dose with system performance can be identified.