HUMAN TISSUE-MIMICKING OPTICAL PHANTOM FOR MIMICKING HUMAN BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

摘要

A human tissue-mimicking optical phantom and a method of manufacturing the same are provided to manufacture an optical phantom featuring optical scattering similar to human tissues by scattering material and to control optical scattering minutely by adding powder milk. A human tissue-mimicking optical phantom comprises one out of a viscoelastic mixture having strength and intensity enough to support the phantom; an absorbing material for absorbing beams in a predetermined wave length range, wherein the absorbing material mimics optical absorbance of human tissues; and a scattering material for scattering beams in a predetermined wave length range, wherein the scattering material mimics optical scattering of the human tissues. The mixture contains distilled water and gelatin which is mixed at 5:1. The absorbing material is made of more than one among neutral red, trypan blue, melamine powder. The scattering material is made of more than one among intralipid, titanium dioxide, mill, and milk powder.