Granted Patent B2

US 7,151,252 · App. 10/915,889 · Granted Dec 19, 2006

Abstract

Claims (7)

1. A radiation phantom, comprising:

a body with a general a humanoid shape including a body with a center; said body having an X axis extending vertically through said body and said center, a Y axis extending horizontally through said body and said center, and a Z axis extending perpendicular to said X axis and said Y axis and extending through said center; and

an open portion in said body located along said Z axis and extending through said center; said open portion in said body receiving a removable tissue equivalent unit having an adjustable thickness, said removable tissue equivalent unit removable along said Z axis.

2. The radiation phantom of claim 1 , wherein said removable tissue equivalent unit having an adjustable thickness comprises a tissue equivalent posterior section, a tissue equivalent anterior section, and at least one tissue-equivalent slice located between said tissue equivalent posterior section and said tissue equivalent anterior section, said at least one tissue-equivalent slice being planar.

3. The radiation phantom of claim 1 , wherein said removable tissue equivalent section having an adjustable thickness comprises a tissue equivalent posterior section, a tissue equivalent anterior section, and a multiplicity of tissue-equivalent slices located between said tissue equivalent posterior section and said tissue equivalent anterior section, each said tissue-equivalent slice being planar.

4. The radiation phantom of claim 1 , wherein said at least one tissue-equivalent slice comprises a flat slice with a central axis extending along said Z axis.

5. The radiation phantom of claim 1 , wherein said multiplicity of tissue-equivalent slices are substantially identical in size shape extending along said Z axis.

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