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Table B.25: Red bone marrow in the whole body - Helmholtz ...

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trix. Consequently, height 0 is at <strong>the</strong> vertex; <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g slice coord<strong>in</strong>ates<br />

are related to <strong>body</strong> regions fur<strong>the</strong>r down.<br />

The relation of <strong>the</strong> phantoms' z-coord<strong>in</strong>ates (i.e. height) to certa<strong>in</strong> anatomical<br />

landmarks is given <strong>in</strong> Appendix A for <strong>the</strong> baby and <strong>in</strong> Appendix C<br />

for <strong>the</strong> child. The ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>body</strong> characteristics of BABY and CHILD are<br />

listed <strong>in</strong> table 2.<br />

<strong>Table</strong> 2: Body characteristics of <strong>the</strong> phantoms<br />

BABY<br />

eight week old<br />

CHILD<br />

seven year old<br />

Weight (kg) 4.2 21.7<br />

Height (cm) 57 115<br />

Body width (cm) 21.8 33.1<br />

Front to back distance (cm) 12.2 17.6<br />

A detailed description of <strong>the</strong> construction technique and <strong>the</strong> phantoms,<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> organ masses and tissue compositions, is given <strong>in</strong> /10/.

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