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Abstract

Since 1906, there has been an attempt to find #tissue substitute materials to study the dosimetric effects within and around irradiated tissues. #Anthropomorphic phantoms have been built in experimental #radiation dosimetry. During the 1920's, water and wax were used as muscle and soft-tissue substitutes. In 1930 it was reported that the attenuation coefficients of wax differed widely from those of muscle and soft tissues. Then, wood-based phantoms were built and used for many years, but they were followed by reports saying that the wood had a variable #photon attenuation property and for that, it shouldn't be used as tissue substitute either. In the 40�x2019;s and 50's, researchers started a greater awareness of the importance of realism in phantom body design. So, in the early 60's, the trend continued with the introduction of elaborate adult-sized body phantoms. They had #real skeletons, body cavities, and artificial lungs, with slices that enabled the evaluation of radiation dose-distributions. From the 1970's to the present day, more phantoms have been produced for applications besides radiotherapy dosimetry such as #radiodiagnosis and radiation protection in medical imaging, and for evaluating the performance of all imaging techniques like CT

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