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. 2021 Jan 13;16(1):e0241682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241682

Table 1. List of pediatric whole-body models currently available.

Model Name Charlie Nina Roberta Korean Child model ETRI UF Family of reference hybrid phantoms GSF Family (Baby,Child) Pediatric xCAT phantoms Chinese family phantom USTC
Year of model released 2014 2014 2014 2009 2010 2003 2015 2017
Imaging modalities used GSF family, Baby [29] Roberta [21] MRI MRI CT CT PET-CT RPI mesh phantom [30]
Age imaging scans used for segmentation Eight-week-old 3-year-old 5-year-old 7-year-old Newborn, 1-,5- and 10-year- old Eight-week-old and 7-year-old Newborn,1-,5-,10-,15-year-old 5-, 10-,15-year-old
Number of tissue varieties 45 tissues 75 tissues 78 tissues 44 tissues 47 tissues 41 tissues 64 tissues 50 tissues
Segmented both white- and grey-matter Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Morphing or adjustments used No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Database: 50th percentile population
Method of validation Anatomical knowledge Anatomical knowledge Anatomical knowledge Comparison with the physiques measurement of reference models Comparison with the physiques measurement of reference models Comparison with the physiques measurement of reference models Comparison with the physiques measurement of reference models Comparison with the physiques measurement of reference models
Is the model freely accessible to the research community No No No No Yes, upon request Yes, upon request No Information not available
References/company Petoussi-Henss et al., 2002 [29] /IT’IS [21] IT’IS [21] IT’IS [21] Lee et al., 2009 [31] Lee et al., 2010 [32] Petoussi-Henss et al. 2002 [29] / Helmholtz Zentrum München Segars et al., 2015 [33, 34] Pi et al., 2017 [35]