Phantom made of polyvinyl alcohol for visualization of temperature rising area due to ultrasound

In this study, we adopted polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel as a tissue-mimicking phantom to visualize the temperature rising area due to a focused ultrasound. The acoustic characteristics of the PVA phantom were analyzed experimentally for various concentrations. In addition, in order to investigate the...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 59; no. SK; p. SKKB08
Main Authors Kim, Moojoon, Kim, Jungsoon, Choi, Pak-Kon, Lee, Hyang-Bok
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.07.2020
Subjects
focused ultrasound
polyvinyl alcohol
temperature rising area
tissue-mimicking phantom
ultrasonic transducer
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Summary:In this study, we adopted polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel as a tissue-mimicking phantom to visualize the temperature rising area due to a focused ultrasound. The acoustic characteristics of the PVA phantom were analyzed experimentally for various concentrations. In addition, in order to investigate the characteristics of the temperature rising area, an image processing method is proposed. Using the method, changes in the discolored area on a thermochromic film inserted in the phantom were analyzed experimentally for various PVA concentrations and ultrasonic irradiation times.
Bibliography:JJAP-S1101668.R2
ISSN:0021-4922
1347-4065
DOI:10.35848/1347-4065/ab8f0c