title: [Automated quality control of ultrasonic B-mode scanners by applying an TMM 3D cyst phantom].
abstract: Our goal was to apply an advanced and automated process to determine image quality of ultrasonic B-Mode scanner, quantitatively and precisely, with the help of a 3D artificial cylinder cyst phantom. (Artificial cysts are comparable to blood vessels). The detectability of cysts and lesions in defined sizes is an essential indicator of the imaging quality. A periodical test of the ultrasonic scanner in use is mandatory, because slowly-evolving defects of ultrasound probes can cause a continuous deterioration of imaging quality and lead to incorrect diagnosis which is falsely blamed on the apparatus.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Characterisation Consulting (TCC), Timelkam, Osterreich.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Satrapa
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doblhoff
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*