Tissue mimicking materials for multi-modality breast phantoms
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Marta Cavagnaro; G. Fiaschetti; Laura Farina; J.E. Browne; Giuseppe Ruvio
- Source
- Conference Papers
- Subject
- Permittivity
instrumentation
Conductivity
Materials science
Tissue mimicking phantom
Acoustics
Dielectric
Phantoms
Multi modality
Fats
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Computer networks and communications
Dielectrics
Breast
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Focus (optics)
signal processing
psychological phenomena and processes
Biomedical engineering
- Language
- English
The paper proposes two different Tissue Mimicking Material (TMM) techniques for the development of breast phantoms which are suitable for multi-modality imaging. In particular, the focus is on the behavior of dielectric and acoustic properties when fat, sodium chloride and sugar are added to the mixtures.