Design, development and characterization of cyst phantom for ultrasound elastography applications

Author

Kumar, Kishore ; Andrews, M.E. ; Jayashankar, V. ; Mishra, A.K. ; Suresh, S.

Author_Institution

Electrical Engineering Dept., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 36, India

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

2972

Lastpage

2975

Abstract

Polyacrylamide based tissue mimicking phantom with embedded cysts is designed and analyzed for better understanding of cyst elastograms. Cysts filled with different fluids of varying density and bulk moduli are embedded in the phantom. Characterization is done based on parameters measured from the ultrasound B mode and elastogram of the cystic lesions. Such a phantom can serve as tool for better understanding of the elastographic appearance of cysts. Thus simple and complex cysts can be easily distinguished. It can also be used to teach a complex procedure like ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration.

Keywords

Breast; Chemical technology; Chemistry; Data systems; IEEE members; Imaging phantoms; Lesions; Needles; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Acoustics; Acrylamide; Acrylic Resins; Algorithms; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Cysts; Elasticity; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Equipment Design; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Phantoms, Imaging; Titanium; Ultrasonics; Ultrasonography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649827

Filename

4649827