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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2006 Jun;32(6):857–874. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.02.1428

Table 4.

NMR relaxation times at 22°C for the components of both phantoms

Ultrasound breast phantom
MR breast phantom
Tissue-mimicking material T1 (ms) T2 (ms) T1 (ms) T2 (ms)
Fibroadenoma 530 ± 30 180 ± 3 550 ± 30 181 ± 2
Cancer 350 ± 20 132 ± 2 360 ± 20 132 ± 1
Glandular 280 ± 10 110 ± 1 280 ± 10 110 ± 1
Fat sphere 241 ± 7 95 ± 1 239 ± 7 95 ± 1
Subcutaneous fat 239 ± 7 96 ± 1 240 ± 7 95 ± 1