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Materials are fundamental to several aspects of X-ray/CT imaging systems, including source and detector filtration, the detector's X-ray conversion materials, and the patient (phantom).

In XCIST, materials are specified in a simple text format. We have provided the CatSim material calculator to produce material files in a consistent and accurate manner. Using this tool, you can quickly specify new materials based on chemical formulas or mass fractions. Detailed instructions are provided within the tool. If you need a new material, please download & use the tool, and, if not a proprietary material, please contribute your new material specification back to XCIST!

At the time of this writing, the material folder contained 92 elements, 29 compounds and mixtures, and 40 biological tissues.