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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 2, Issue 10 455-462, Copyright © 1983 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

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A tissue-equivalent upper abdominal phantom

A. L. Scherzinger, P. L. Carson, W. Clayman, W. Carter, M. L. Johnson and C. Rashbaum

The first prototypes of an abdominal phantom have been constructed. The phantom is intended for eventual use in training diagnostic ultrasound personnel and in demonstrating commercial equipment. It is constructed from plastics believed to be stable and approximately tissue-equivalent at room temperature. Abdominal structures are formed from a dispersion of a polystyrene butadiene plastic in mineral oil. Polyvinyl chloride particles are incorporated to provide the desired attenuation coefficients and scattering levels. B-scans of the phantom produced realistic images, although problems associated with scanning technique and somewhat high phantom attenuation were noted. Very useful phantoms should result from relatively simple improvements in construction techniques.


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