System and method for manufacturing an X-ray bone phantom

A system for manufacturing an X-ray bone phantom, comprising:

• a memory encoding processor-executable routines;
• and
• a processing system comprising one or more processors and configured to access the memory and to execute the processor-executable routines, wherein the processor-executable routines, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to:
• obtain dual-energy scan data from one or more dual-energy scans of an ex vivo bone phantom;
• convert the dual-energy scan data into a two-dimensional image;
• and
• print a semi-anthropomorphic X-ray bone phantom made of aluminum based at least on the two-dimensional image, wherein the semi-anthropomorphic X-ray bone phantom is configured to provide quantitative areal bone mineral density and a realistic projected bone morphology for image quality assessment and lateral distance measurements during calibration.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable code that when executed by a processing system comprising one or more processors, causes the processing system to:

• obtain dual-energy scan data from one or more dual-energy scans of an ex vivo bone phantom;
• convert the dual-energy scan data into a two-dimensional image;
• and
• print a semi-anthropomorphic X-ray bone phantom made of aluminum based at least on the two-dimensional image, wherein the semi-anthropomorphic X-ray bone phantom is configured to provide quantitative areal bone mineral density and a realistic projected bone morphology for image quality assessment and lateral distance measurements during calibration.