@inproceedings{9cf419c38f76468394f42780072f0590,
title = "3D Printable Solid Tissue-Mimicking Material for Microwave Phantoms",
abstract = "Phantoms provide valuable platforms for testing of medical devices including microwave diagnostic systems. This work describes a 3D printable solid tissue-mimicking material (TMM) for the production of such phantoms. The TMM is fabricated from ABS, SEBS and Carbon Black. The polymers ABS and SEBS produce a material that is 3D printable, robust and mechanically stable. Adjustment of the percentage of Carbon Black in a mixture alters the dielectric properties of the mixture. A variety of such mixtures were fabricated into 3D printable spools and the dielectric properties were measured across the 0.5 - 8.5 GHz band. The dielectric properties of a wide biological range are covered with the ability to emulate tissues within the range. The material hence can be used to print anatomically realistic and dielectrically accurate phantoms that can be multi-layered and as complex as desired depending on the study.",
keywords = "3D printing, Dielectric materials, Microwave imaging, Phantoms, Tissue-mimicking materials",
author = "Barry McDermott and Emily Porter and Martin Orhalloran and Anup Poudel and Manus Biggs and Karode, {Nireeksha S.} and Coffey, {Austin B.}",
note = "Funding Information: The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 Programme/ ERC Grant Agreement BioElecPro n.637780, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) grant number 15/ERCS/3276, and the Hardiman Research Scholarship from NUIG. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 FESB, University of Split.; 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, EMF-Med 2018 ; Conference date: 10-09-2018 Through 13-09-2018",
year = "2018",
month = nov,
day = "6",
doi = "10.23919/EMF-MED.2018.8526005",
language = "English",
series = "EMF-Med 2018 - 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields and COST EMF-MED Final Event with 6th MCM",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "EMF-Med 2018 - 1st EMF-Med World Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields and COST EMF-MED Final Event with 6th MCM",
address = "United States",
}