Egg White Phantoms for HIFU.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Divkovic, Gabriela; Jenne, Jürgen W.
- Source
- AIP Conference Proceedings. 2005, Vol. 754 Issue 1, p143-146. 4p.
- Subject
- *THERAPEUTICS
*CLINICAL medicine
*POLYACRYLAMIDE
*POLYMERS
*PRECANCEROUS conditions
*MEDICAL care
- Language
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
We used fresh egg white and polyacrylamide to create a transparent tissue mimicking phantom. Heating of phantoms by HIFU leads to egg white protein denaturation and creation of visible white lesions. We measured the acoustical and thermal properties and investigated the possibility to use such phantoms to study the lesion formation during the HIFU therapy. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]