Standard operating procedure to prepare agar phantoms. (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Souza, R M; Santos, T Q; Oliveira, D P; Souza, R M; Alvarenga, A V; Costa-Felix, R P B
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 733(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/733/1/012044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: Agar phantoms are widely used as soft tissue mimics and some preparation techniques are described in the literature. There are also standards that describe the recipe of a soft tissue mimicking material (TMM). However some details of manufacture process are not clearly defined. The standardization of the phantom's preparation can produce a metrological impact on the results of the acoustic properties measured. In this direction, this paper presents a standard operating procedure (SOP) to prepare the agar TMM described on the IEC 60601-237.