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A simple, realistic walled phantom for intravascular and intracardiac applications

  • By

  • Hareem Nisar

  • John Moore

  • Roberta Piazza

  • Efthymios Maneas

  • Elvis C. S. Chen

  • Terry M. Peters

  • June 10, 2020

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    Ultrasound phantoms are essential for clinical training, procedural planning, and device testing in vascular applications.

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    Walled phantoms are easier to fabricate but lack realism, while wall-less phantoms offer better imaging but are complex and resource-intensive.

  • 3

    Polyvinyl alcohol cryogel (PVA-c) is a promising material for tissue-mimicking layers, offering strength and flexibility for vascular phantoms.

  • 4

    An ideal vascular phantom must be hollow, haptically realistic, and capable of producing distinct ultrasound images of vessel walls.

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    This study developed a low-cost two-layered vascular phantom using PVA-c and a scattering agent to achieve realistic ultrasound imaging.

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A simple, realistic walled phantom for intravascular and intracardiac applications

  • by Hareem Nisar, John Moore, Roberta Piazza, Efthymios Maneas, Elvis C. S. Chen, Terry M. Peters

  • June 10, 2020

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