TY - GEN
T1 - 3D Printable Solid Tissue-Mimicking Material for Microwave Phantoms
AU - McDermott, Barry James
AU - Porter, Emily
AU - Orhalloran, Martin
AU - Poudel, Anup
AU - Biggs, Manus
AU - Karode, Nireeksha S.
AU - Coffey, Austin B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 FESB, University of Split.
PY - 2018/11/6
Y1 - 2018/11/6
N2 - Phantoms provide valuable platforms for testing of medical devices including microwave diagnostic systems. This work describes a 3D printable solid tissue-mimicking material (TMM) for the production of such phantoms. The TMM is fabricated from ABS, SEBS and Carbon Black. The polymers ABS and SEBS produce a material that is 3D printable, robust and mechanically stable. Adjustment of the percentage of Carbon Black in a mixture alters the dielectric properties of the mixture. A variety of such mixtures were fabricated into 3D printable spools and the dielectric properties were measured across the 0.5 - 8.5 GHz band. The dielectric properties of a wide biological range are covered with the ability to emulate tissues within the range. The material hence can be used to print anatomically realistic and dielectrically accurate phantoms that can be multi-layered and as complex as desired depending on the study.
AB - Phantoms provide valuable platforms for testing of medical devices including microwave diagnostic systems. This work describes a 3D printable solid tissue-mimicking material (TMM) for the production of such phantoms. The TMM is fabricated from ABS, SEBS and Carbon Black. The polymers ABS and SEBS produce a material that is 3D printable, robust and mechanically stable. Adjustment of the percentage of Carbon Black in a mixture alters the dielectric properties of the mixture. A variety of such mixtures were fabricated into 3D printable spools and the dielectric properties were measured across the 0.5 - 8.5 GHz band. The dielectric properties of a wide biological range are covered with the ability to emulate tissues within the range. The material hence can be used to print anatomically realistic and dielectrically accurate phantoms that can be multi-layered and as complex as desired depending on the study.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Dielectric materials
KW - Microwave imaging
KW - Phantoms
KW - Tissue-mimicking materials
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14868
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85057765803
U2 - 10.13025/21574
DO - 10.13025/21574
M3 - Conference Publication
T3 - EMF-Med 2018 - 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields and COST EMF-MED Final Event with 6th MCM
BT - EMF-Med 2018 - 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields and COST EMF-MED Final Event with 6th MCM
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, EMF-Med 2018
Y2 - 10 September 2018 through 13 September 2018
ER -