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Novel Tissue Mimicking Materials For High Frequency Breast Ultrasound Phantoms, Louise Cannon, Andrew Fagan, Jacinta Browne
Novel Tissue Mimicking Materials For High Frequency Breast Ultrasound Phantoms, Louise Cannon, Andrew Fagan, Jacinta Browne
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The development and acoustical characterisation of a range of novel agar-based tissue mimicking material (TMMs) for use in clinically relevant, quality assurance (QA) and anthropomorphic breast phantoms are presented. The novel agar-based TMMs described in this study are based on a comprehensive, systematic variation of the ingredients in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TMM. A novel, solid fat-mimicking material was also developed and acoustically characterised. Acoustical characterisation was carried out using an in-house scanning acoustic macroscope at low (7.5 MHz) and high frequencies (20 MHz), using the pulse-echo insertion technique. The speeds of sound range from 1490 to 1570 m. …