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June 26, 2025, 7:10AMNuclear News

A NIST head-shaped phantom is helping researchers improve radiation dose estimates for cancer treatment. (Photo: NIST)

In an article just published by the Taking Measure blog of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Stephen Russek—who leads the Imaging Physics Project in the Magnetic Imaging Group at NIST and codirects the MRI Biomarker Measurement Service—describes his team’s work using phantom stand-ins for human tissue.

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