Abstract:
An example phantom may include a phantom body comprising a porous material including a plurality of interconnected pores, the phantom body comprising an inflow cannel, which in some examples may be wall-less. The channels may have a width greater than a diameter of the pores. The porous material may be saturated with a fluid and enclosed within an enclosure. The enclosure may include an inlet fluidly coupling an inflow channel to an exterior of the enclosure and an outlet fluidly coupling an outflow channel to the exterior of the enclosure. In some examples, the enclosure may include an imaging window which may be formed of a flexible material. In some examples, the enclosure may define a first chamber which encloses the phantom body and at least one fluid-filled chamber fluidly connected to the first chamber.
Abstract:
Described herein are methods and apparatus for detecting stones by ultrasound, in which the ultrasound reflections from a stone are preferentially selected and accentuated relative to the ultrasound reflections from blood or tissue. Also described herein are methods and apparatus for applying pushing ultrasound to in vivo stones or other objects, to facilitate the removal of such in vivo objects.