A review of tissue substitutes for ultrasound imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 861-873

  Culjat, Martin O ^a,b,c   Goldenberg, David ^a   Tewari, Priyamvada ^a,b   Singh, Rahul S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Hard tissue; Phantom; Soft tissue; Tissue equivalent; Tissue mimicking; Tissue substitute

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; CHARACTERIZATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHANTOMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

HARD TISSUES; NOVEL IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; TISSUE SUBSTITUTE; TISSUE-MIMICKING MATERIALS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS;

TISSUE;

AGAROSE; GELATIN; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; OIL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RUBBER; URETHAN; WATER;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; BREAST; CORTICAL BONE; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE; FOAM CELL; HEART; HYDROGEL; LIVER; MATERIALS; MILK; NOSE CAVITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE MIMICKING MATERIAL; SOYBEAN; TISSUE SUBSTITUTE; TOOTH; TRABECULAR BONE; ACOUSTICS; BIOMIMETICS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY;

ACOUSTICS; BIOMIMETICS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77953192025     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.02.012     Document Type: Review

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