design of phantom and metallic implants for 3d - ePrints@USM

LIST OF TABLES
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Table 4.1 Mass of the epoxy resin, hardener and CaCO3 49
Table 4.2 Mass of mixture for polyurethane samples 52
Table 4.3 Specifications of multipurpose smart phantom 72
Table 4.4 Sources activity at the time of scan 82
Table 4.5 Uniformity test recon parameters 89
Table 4.6 Sensitivity test recon parameters 90
Table 5.1 Measured mean CT numbers for manufactured 92
phantom materials in PET/CT scanner
Table 5.2 Measured mean CT numbers for epoxy samples 93
in PET/CT scanner
Table 5.3 Measured mean CT numbers for polyurethane samples 94
in PET/CT scanner
Table 5.4 Measured mean CT numbers for paraffin wax samples in 94
PET/CT scanner
Table 5.5 Mass of phantom materials 98
Table 5.6 Density of the samples 99
Table 5.7 Linear attenuation coefficient, µ 99
(µ = total sum of interaction probabilities of all the interaction types)
and mass attenuation coefficients of PMMA and PTFE
Table 5.8 Linear attenuation coefficient, µ 101
(µ = total sum of interaction probabilities of all the interaction types)
and mass attenuation coefficient of epoxy composite