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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2018.12.3.427

A Study on the Efficiency Evaluation of Ultrasound Therapy Using Varicose Vein Simulated Tissue Phantom and Tissue Equivalent Phantom  

Kim, Ju-Young (School of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Jung, Tae-Woong (School of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Shin, Kyoung-Won (School of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Noh, Si-Cheol (Department of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Choi, Heung-Ho (School of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.12, no.3, 2018 , pp. 427-433 More about this Journal
Abstract
Because of the expectation of the non-invasive treatment effect, Various studies on the treatment of varicose veins using focused ultrasound are reported. In this study, the bio-tissue phantom and tissue equivalent phantom that can be applied to estimation of ultrasonic varicose veins treatment effect. Each phantom was evaluated for its usefulness by evaluating the acoustic characteristics and the shrinkage rate according to the ultrasonic irradiation. A multi-layer structure phantom with three layers of skin, fat, and muscle was constructed considering the structure of the tissue where the varicose veins occurred. The materials constituting each layer were made to have characteristics similar to human body. In addition, the multi-layered phantoms with blood vessel mimic tube, with bovine blood vessel, and with animal tissue were fabricated. The degree of shrinkage of blood vessel mimic material and vascular tissue according to ultrasonic irradiation was evaluated using B-mode image. As the results of this study, it was thought that the proposed phantom could be used effectively in the evaluation of ultrasonic varicose veins treatment. In addition, it is thought that these phantoms could be applied to the development of varicose vein treatment device using the focused ultrasound and the verification of the therapeutic effect.
Keywords
Varicose Vein Phantom; Tissue Equivalent Phantom; Multi-layer Phantom; Therapeutic Ultrasound;
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