NIST Researchers Prepare Tumor Mimics (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Researchers Prepare Tumor Mimics

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In this image, NIST's Zachary Levine (at left) and Joe Chen prepare to load a boxful of polymer ellipsoids into a CT scanner to test its ability to measure lung tumors' volumes.

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