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Realistic Head Phantom for Evaluation of Brain Stroke Localization Methods Using 3D Printer

  • Lee, Juneseok (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Bang, Jihoon (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Jaehoon (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2016.08.12
  • Accepted : 2016.10.17
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

In this paper, a brain phantom for evaluating brain stroke localization is proposed. To evaluate brain stroke localization, a phantom imitating three-dimensional (3D) simulation environment is needed. Mold for the proposed phantom was printed by a 3D printer and the interior of the phantom consists of 5 different brain tissue materials. Each of the brain tissue materials has the conductivity and permittivity similar to those of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) standards for a frequency band from 0.5 to 2 GHz.

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