Elliptical Lung-Spine Lid

The Elliptical Lung-Spine Lid consists of two lung chambers filled with polystyrene beads to simulate lung tissue with density. The lid also has a PTFE rod that is used to simulate the spine.

The phantom can be used in the evaluation of cardiac data acquisition and quantitative evaluation of non-uniform attenuation and scatter compensation methods. When combined with the Elliptical Jaszczak Phantom and Cardiac Insert, the lid simulates the effects of nearby lung and spine tissue on a heart scan.