Quality Control of Carbon-Rubber Tissue Phantoms: Comparative MRI, CT, X-Ray and UWB Microwave Measurements

Carbon-rubber phantoms have recently been introduced as tissue-mimicking materials for microwave biomedical applications. In contrast to other phantom materials, carbon-rubber materials allow easy construction of heterogeneous phantoms with time-stable dielectric properties. However, the fabrication of large solid phantoms may pose a challenge. This paper investigates a large dielectric carbon-rubber phantom with four inclusions with an average …