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

Benjamin Meirza, Hideyuki Hasegawa, Maria Evertsson, Sandra Sjostrand, Magnus Cinthio

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
PublisherIEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1209-1211
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781728145969
ISBN (Print)978-1-7281-4597-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Dec 9
Event2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 2019 Oct 62019 Oct 9

Publication series

NameIEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
Volume2019-October
ISSN (Print)1948-5719
ISSN (Electronic)1948-5727

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period2019/10/062019/10/09

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Medical Equipment Engineering
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging

Free keywords

  • clear ballistics gel
  • phantoms
  • ultrasound
  • vessels
  • wall-less

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