Rat Phantom (cylindrical version) is a well-suited tool specifically designed for R&D applications. The precise cylindrical shape, good stability over a long period of time, and high durability of the phantom allow for testing and calibration-related work of various medical imaging devices.Â
The cylindrical version has a 27 mm diameter and 70 mm height, which correspond to the dimensions of small animals (i.e. a laboratory mouse.)
The small phantom is Ultrasound and CT-compatible, and it can be customized in size and shape. The internal features can also be modified in terms of shape and properties to fit the needs of any particular bio-medical research project
- Soft Body Tissue – for better imaging results and optical transparency, the phantom tissue is translucent and has no ultrasonic speckles
- Organs/Objects without Ultrasonic Speckles – those are organs with low ultrasound echogenicity. They appear dark on ultrasonic images.
- Organs/Objects with Ultrasonic Speckles – those are the organs with higher stiffness and echogenicity than the surrounding body tissue (i.e. muscles).
- Cartilage Tissue – very stiff and significantly more attenuative tissue than the organs and body tissue.
- Soft Organs with Speckles –  those are soft organs with a high level of ultrasonic speckles and low ultrasonic attenuation (i.e. kidneys, liver, etc.).
Technical Properties:
| Type of Tissue | Sound Velocity [m/s] | Density [g/cm³] | Hardness [Shore 00] | T2 [ms] | Speckles | Attenuation Measured at 2.25 MHz [dB/cm] |
| (#1) – Transparent | 1400 ± 10 | 1.01 | 30 | N/A | NO | 1.3 ± 0.2 |
| (#2) – Transparent | 1400 ± 10 | 1.03 | 60 | N/A | NO | 1.8 ± 0.2 |
| (#3) – Red | 1400 ± 10 | 1.04 | 60 | N/A | YES | 1.8 ± 0.2 |
| (#4) – Cartilage | 1850 ± 10 | 1.06 | 85 | N/A | NO | 30 ± 2 |
| (#5) – Non-Transparent | 1400 ± 10 | 1.00 | 20 | N/A | YES | 1.0 ± 0.2 |
View our technical properties, thermal properties of bone-mimicking tissue, and HU values of the tissue-mimicking material in the tables accessible through the button below.
Rat (Cylindrical) Phantom
User Manual/Assembly Instructions
2-Year Warranty & Unlimited Customer Service
Hard Carry Case
Phantom:
Size: 1 x 1 x 3 Inches, Weight: 1 Lb (approx.).
Shipment:
Size: 10 x 8 x 6 Inches, Weight: 3 Lbs (approx.)
Soft tissue and organs: Composition of urethane-based soft resin
Synthetic bones: Patented ceramic-reinforced urethane-based composite material
