Technical note: The design and validation of a multi-modality lung phantom.

Background: Clinically relevant models that enable certain tasks such as calibration of medical imaging devices or techniques, device validation, training healthcare professionals, and more are vital to research throughout the medical field and are referred to as phantoms. Phantoms range in complexity from a vile of water to complex designs that emulate in vivo properties.

Purpose: Specific phantoms that model the lungs have focused on replication of tissue properties but lack replication of the anatomy.