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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2021.15.4.463

A Study on the Quality Control of Transvaginal Ultrasound Transducer using ATS-539 Ultrasound Phantom  

Park, Ji Hye (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center)
Heo, Yeong Cheol (Department of Radiological Science, Graduate School, Eulji University)
Kim, Yon min (Department of Radiological Science, Wonkwang health Science University)
Han, Dong Kyoon (Department of Radiological Science, Graduate School, Eulji University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.15, no.4, 2021 , pp. 463-472 More about this Journal
Abstract
Demand for examinations using transvaginal transducer with high frequencies is increasing to observe pelvic organs in gynecological ultrasound tests. However, the quality control of the replacement probe in clinical trials is not properly implemented and the evaluation criteria have not been established. Therefore, 58 transvaginal transducers and 20 convex transducers were applied to the ATS-539 ultrasound phantom for 20 ultrasound devices currently in clinical use to obtain their respective images and measure them quantitatively and qualitatively. For quantitative measurements, vertical measurement, horizontal measurement, and focal zone and qualitative measurements, dead zone, axial·lateral resolution, sensitivity, functional resolution, gray scale·dynamic range were performed. Quantitative statistical analysis showed significant differences between the two transducers in the lateral measurement and local area (p<0.05). qualitative comparative analysis showed differences in sensitivity and functional resolution. This occurs due to the difference in frequency between transducers and the transducer's injection geometry. Based on the above experiments, the tolerance for horizontal measurement is raised to 10% (±8 mm), the tolerance for sensitivity is observed up to 6 cm deep, which is 12 cm deep,which is the level of the third quartile (75%). The permissible range of functional resolution is up to 6 (12 cm), 6 (12 cm), 11 (11 cm), 9 (9 cm), 6 (6 cm) target, which is the level of the third quartile (75%). It is considered reasonable to adjust the depth of targets in gray scale·dynamic range to measure at a depth of 2 cm, which is 50% of the depth of 4 cm. As above, the criteria for evaluating the quality of transvaginal transducer for use in the past have been proposed and it is expected that this study will be used as a basic data for the production of phantom exclusively for transvaginal transducer in the future.
Keywords
Transvaginal transducer; Ultrasound; Ultrasonic quality control; ATS-539 Ultrasound Phantom;
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