Phantom

Key Attributes

■ Improved image quality via use of new materials
- Many phantoms use acoustic materials from the mid-1990s, or earlier
■ Lower signal attenuation of new high frequency broad bandwidth probes
■ AIUM - “Methods for Specifying Acoustic Properties of TMPs and Objects”
■ Increased portability with a smaller footprint and half the weight of many current models - comes with detachable stand
■ Investment protection via polyurethane-based material that does not require calibration
(no desiccation as with hydrogel-based materials)