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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2018
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Atsuro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Kenichi Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;

Takahide Terada, Tokyo, JP;

Yushi Tsubota, Tokyo, JP;

Wenjing Wu, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiro Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G09B 23/30 (2006.01); G09B 23/28 (2006.01); A61B 8/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/587 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/15 (2013.01); G09B 23/286 (2013.01); G09B 23/30 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 8/546 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided herein is a phantom capable of mimicking both a dense breast and a fatty breast. A phantom for ultrasound measurement includes: a first member that mimics an object of interest for measurement; and a second member having provided therein the first member. The second member has the property to decrease its sound speed with a temperature increase brought by external temperature control. The sound speed of the second member at a predetermined temperature is equal to the sound speed of a third member surrounding the second member. The first member and the second member are immiscible with each other.


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