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http://dx.doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2014.33.5.291

Tissue Mimicking Phantom for Visualization of Temperature Elevation Caused by Ultrasound  

Jung, Ji-Hee (부경대학교)
Kim, Jung-Soon (동명대학교)
Ha, Kang-Lyeol (부경대학교)
Kim, Moo-Joon (부경대학교)
Cao, Yonggang (부경대학교)
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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea / v.33, no.5, 2014 , pp. 291-299 More about this Journal
Abstract
To probe the temperature elevation effect caused by ultrasound, a tissue mimicking phantom was newly suggested. A carrageenan gel was adopted to realize not only the required transparency for visualization but also acoustic characteristics similar to human tissue. To visualize the temperature elevation inside phantom, thermochromic film with a critical temperature of discoloration was introduced. Acoustic characteristics of the tissue mimicking phantom were examined when the concentrations of carrageenan and sucrose changed. As the results, the attenuation coefficient of the phantom could be controlled in the range of 0.44~0.49 dB/cm/MHz, and the acoustic impedance in the range of 1.52~1.77 Mrayls. We could control the acoustic characteristics of the phantom by different concentration of carrageenan and sucrose, and it was possible to examine the temperature elevation caused by ultrasound in the phantom. The suggested method was verified by noninvasively visualizing the temperature elevation due to planar and focused ultrasound using the fabricated phantom.
Keywords
Temperature elevation; Visualization; Thermochromic film; Carrageenan gel; Tissue mimicking phantom; Therapeutic ultrasound;
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