Tissue mimicking materials (TMMs), typically contained within phantoms, have been used
for many decades in both imaging and therapeutic applications. This review investigates the …

Conventional medical imaging technologies, including ultrasound, have continued to
improve over the years. For example, in oncology, medical imaging is characterized by high …

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) aims at quantifying interactions between ultrasound and
biological tissues. QUS techniques extract fundamental physical properties of tissues based …

In the 1970s, Holasek, Gans, Purnell, and Sokollu expressed the notion that the frequency
content of medical-ultrasound echo signals might be exploited to characterize soft tissue; …

Purpose: This paper describes the design, fabrication, and characterization of multilayered
tissue mimicking skin and vessel phantoms with tunable mechanical, optical, and acoustic …

Five 9 cm× 9 cm× 9 cm phantoms, each with a 2-cm-diameter cylindrical inclusion, were
produced with various dry-weight concentrations of agar and gelatin. Elastic contrasts …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is believed to affect one-third of American adults.
Noninvasive methods that enable detection and monitoring of NAFLD have the potential for …

A novel optoacoustic phantom made of polyvinyl chloride-plastisol (PVCP) for optoacoustic
studies is described. The optical and acoustic properties of PVCP were measured. Titanium …

Excessive liver fat (steatosis) is now the most common cause of chronic liver disease
worldwide and is an independent risk factor for cirrhosis and associated complications …

Tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients (n= 30) with locally advanced
breast cancer (LABC) was examined using quantitative ultrasound. Three ultrasound …