Novel tissue mimicking materials for high frequency breast ultrasound phantoms

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-135

  Cannon, Louise M ^a   Fagan, Andrew J ^b   Browne, Jacinta E ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Backscatter; Breast phantom; High frequency; Speed of sound; Tissue mimicking materials

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTER; BREAST PHANTOM; HIGH FREQUENCY; SPEED OF SOUND; TISSUE MIMICKING MATERIALS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ALGAE; BACKSCATTERING; MATERIALS; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

TISSUE;

AGAR;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUND INTENSITY;

ACOUSTICS; AGAR; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 78649907679     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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