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Construction of an ultrasound phantom with micrometer-sized wall-less vessels

Meirza, Benjamin ; Hasegawa, Hideyuki LU ; Evertsson, Maria LU ; Sjostrand, Sandra LU and Cinthio, Magnus LU (2019) 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019 In IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019-October. p.1209-1211
Abstract

The development of new ultrasound imaging technologies that aim to resolve objects smaller than the conventional ultrasounds diffraction limit calls for new types of phantoms to evaluate these technologies. When it comes to vascular flow phantoms, this becomes challenging due to the difficulty of manufacturing phantoms with vessels smaller than 1 mm in diameter. Here we describe a novel manufacturing method to construct phantoms with micro-vessels with a size down to 88 μm using oil-based clear ballistic gel (Clear Ballistics, Greenville, SC, USA) as surrounding material. Clear ballistic gel is a long-term stable tissue-mimicking material with speed of sound around 1470 m/s.

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keywords
clear ballistics gel, phantoms, ultrasound, vessels, wall-less
host publication
2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
series title
IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
volume
2019-October
article number
8926090
pages
3 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
conference location
Glasgow, United Kingdom
conference dates
2019-10-06 - 2019-10-09
external identifiers
  • scopus:85077537783
ISSN
1948-5727
1948-5719
ISBN
9781728145969
978-1-7281-4597-6
DOI
10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926090
language
English
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yes
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  author       = {{Meirza, Benjamin and Hasegawa, Hideyuki and Evertsson, Maria and Sjostrand, Sandra and Cinthio, Magnus}},
  booktitle    = {{2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019}},
  isbn         = {{9781728145969}},
  issn         = {{1948-5727}},
  keywords     = {{clear ballistics gel; phantoms; ultrasound; vessels; wall-less}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  pages        = {{1209--1211}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS}},
  title        = {{Construction of an ultrasound phantom with micrometer-sized wall-less vessels}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926090}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926090}},
  volume       = {{2019-October}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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