Katy Keenan with Phreddie (image)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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NIST engineer Katy Keenan opens Phreddie, a phantom for calibrating MRI machines that is traceable to standardized values. The phantom is filled with small plastic containers of various salt solutions that mimic tissues of the human body.

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