The effect of attenuation inside the acoustic traps on the configuration of vertical artifacts in lung ultrasound: an experimental study with simple models.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Using simple experimental models for lung ultrasound, we evaluated the relationship of the attenuation inside the sources of vertical artifacts to the echo intensity and attenuation of artifacts.

Methods

As sources of artifacts, we made 10 different hemispherical gel objects with two different mediums (pure agar or agar containing graphite with an attenuation coefficient of 0.5 dB/cm · MHz) and five different diameters (3.6, 5.6, 7.5, 9.5, or 11.4 mm). Ten of each hemispherical gel object were prepared for the statistical analyses. Each object was placed onto a chest wall phantom as the plane of the hemisphere was placed in an upward position. The echo intensity and attenuation of the artifact generated from each object was measured and compared.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Kameda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362371 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature