. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2016 Mar 7;44(3):610–619. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25214

Table 2.

1.5 T MRI measured properties of the phantom components

	Material components	Temperature (°C)	T1 relaxation time ± SD (ms)	T2 relaxation time ± SD (ms)	Apparent Diffusion Coefficient ± SD (10⁻⁶ mm²/s)
Fibroglandular tissue mimic	35% Corn syrup w/w in water	17.91	1096.65 ± 6.35	236.33 ± 6.97	966 ± 5
		19.07	1115.53 ± 9.95	236.43 ± 2.13	1013 ± 21
		20.16	1151.58 ± 9.81	241.38 ± 8.99	1030 ± 7
		22.11	1200.15 ± 8.57	262.18 ± 6.77	1084 ± 10
Adipose tissue T1 and spectral shift mimic	Grapeseed oil: Chemical shift from water 3.10 ppm	17.91	227.45 ± 2.13	41.30 ± 1.11
		19.07	230.48 ± 2.31	42.30 ± 1.95
		20.16	238.63 ± 4.01	42.40 ± 1.59
		22.11	249.28 ± 4.64	43.93 ± 1.67
Diffusion mimics: Benign lesion	10% PVP w/w in water	17.91	2015.25 ± 24.80		1536 ± 7
		19.07	2026.73 ± 24.66		1627 ± 25
		20.16	2127.95 ± 39.20		1630 ± 12
		22.11	2172.60 ± 65.13		1714 ± 6
Malignant lesion	14% PVP	17.91	1720.70 ± 18.12		1348 ± 4
		19.07	1732.00 ± 12.98		1407 ± 7
		20.16	1817.83 ± 10.82		1439 ± 11
		22.11	1903.15 ± 22.23		1522 ± 6
Malignant mass	18% PVP	17.91	1490.53 ± 20.42		1238 ± 9
		19.07	1518.93 ± 28.02		1307 ± 15
		20.16	1628.23 ± 13.26		1318 ± 8
		22.11	1704.85 ± 24.43		1389 ± 7
	25% PVP	17.91	1050.55 ± 6.80		861 ± 12
		19.07	1073.35 ± 9.20		907 ± 15
		20.16	1125.88 ± 15.28		927 ± 9
		22.11	1182.48 ± 8.05		983 ± 12
	40% PVP	17.91	630.30 ± 1.61		557 ± 9
		19.07	651.97 ± 6.88		600 ± 17
		20.16	681.53 ± 3.33		602 ± 10
		22.11	723.97 ± 16.68		640 ± 9

All measurements were made on a 1.5 T small bore MRI system using spin-echo sequences, specifically: inversion recovery method to measure T₁, variable echo for T₂, and three gradient directions with b-values of 0, 100, 600 and 900 s/mm² for ADC measurements. Determination of standard deviation is described in the Methods.