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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Acoustic Physics

    Background:

    • High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is crucial for treating conditions like cancer.
    • Ex-vivo tissues are standard for validating HIFU but are resource-intensive and costly.
    • Developing affordable and reproducible tissue phantoms is essential for advancing HIFU technology.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To create a cost-effective and easily producible silicone-based phantom for HIFU testing.
    • To characterize the acoustic properties of the novel phantom material.
    • To validate the phantom's utility by comparing experimental HIFU results with clinical data.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of an aluminum oxide doped Ecoflex™ GEL silicone phantom.
    • Characterization of the phantom's acoustic properties.
    • Experimental testing using a robotic HIFU platform and ultrasound imaging.
    • Comparison of phantom ultrasound images with clinical reference images.

    Main Results:

    • The developed silicone phantom exhibits suitable acoustic properties for HIFU simulation.
    • Experimental tests demonstrated the phantom's ability to mimic tissue response to HIFU.
    • Ultrasound imaging analysis showed comparability between phantom and clinical images.

    Conclusions:

    • The aluminum oxide doped Ecoflex™ GEL phantom offers a cost-effective and durable alternative for HIFU research.
    • This synthetic phantom supports the development and validation of ultrasound-guided HIFU technology.
    • The phantom enhances the safety and effectiveness of clinical HIFU treatments through improved testing.