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Registered phantom for ultrasonographic imaging in order to measure fat content in the target organ
- Inventors
- Jeong Ji Wook, Seunghwan Kim, Jeongwon Lee, Lee Sooyeul, Yoo Done Sik
- Application No.
- 11877883 (2007.10.24)
- Publication No.
- 20080139933 (2008.06.12)
- Registration No.
- 7952959 (2011.05.31)
- Country
- UNITED STATES
- Project Code
- 06MH1700, Development of Wearable System Using Physiological Signal Processing, Jeun Woo Lee
- Abstract
- Provided are a phantom for standardizing ultrasonograph and a method of obtaining an ultrasonographic image using the phantom, and more particularly, a phantom for measuring fat content in a target organ as a gray level distribution using an ultrasonographic image and assessing the accuracy of ultrasonograph and a method and apparatus for obtaining a standardized ultrasonographic image using the phantom. Since the photographing characteristics of the ultrasonograph are readjusted using a phantom which comprises a phantom part including a strong ultrasonic echo material and a weak ultrasonic echo material, which create a gray level distribution in ultrasonography, in a specific composition and ratio, and assesses the accuracy of the ultrasonograph by comparing the composition and ratio of the materials with a composition and ratio of a gray level in an ultrasonographic image, the characteristics of the ultrasonograph can be standardized and fat content in a body part can be quantitatively measured without being affected by photographing techniques and conditions.
- KSP Keywords
- Fat content, Gray level, Target organ, Ultrasonic echo