Scanning Water Phantom

2022

Fremont, California - REMOTE
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Five.

Five years is how long it takes to determine the survival rate of a cancer patient. Experiencing a loved one go through cancer triggered something in me that wanted to make sure nobody else will experience the same anguish as me. Even if my project carries barely any weight in medical research, I took up this offer by BIDMC as a way to find the high ground of my father's cancer and to join the fight for a cure.

3-axis scanning water phantom apparatus I designed for usage at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 22x22x22" scanning tank with 18x18x18" operating area. Fully custom-built and self-designed from the ground up with open-source CNC control system.

  • An image of the Cultural Center.

    Closer view on Home position of phantom.

  • An image of the Cultural Center.

    Taken before Y-axis mating to X-axis

  • XY Gantry

    XY Gantry assembly.

  • workspace

    Garage workspace.

  • Image taken prior to drag chain installation.

  • Prototype part to CNC billet part.

  • Acrylic tub. This thing is huge!

  • yaxis

    View of additional Y-axis linear rail due to tall Z-axis height

  • Programming the controller and tuning axis.

  • Assembled X-axis pairs.

    Assembled X-axis pairs.

  • Finished phantom machine.

  • CAD mockup of first prototype.