5. The upper panel of the phantom has a center opening of φ3mm diameter intracavitary probe exploration hole channels at 60mm and 120mm away from the sound window. The channel is a through hole channel, and the probe can be inserted into the hole for ultrasonic scanning. The left and right side panels of the phantom have exploration hole channels with an inner diameter of 3mm for measuring the resolution of the withdrawal direction and the geometric position accuracy of the withdrawal direction. This channel runs through the left and right panels, and the intracavitary probe can be inserted from the left and right side panels for scanning.
The upper panel of the phantom has two exploration holes with a diameter of φ3mm, which are located at the center of the upper half and the center of the lower half of the panel respectively. Around the exploration hole O1, there are arranged the axial lateral resolution target group, the lateral target group, and the longitudinal target group. Around the exploration hole O2, there are arranged the blind area target group, the imaging geometric distortion target group, the simulated cystic lesion, the simulated tumor lesion, the simulated cystic and simulated stone lesions. The exploration hole O3 is located on the left and right panels of the phantom and is used for the measurement of the resolution in the withdrawal direction and the geometric position accuracy in the withdrawal direction. This channel is a channel that runs through the left and right panels, and the intracavitary probe can be inserted from the left and right panels for scanning.
(2) A: Blind zone target group.
The blind zone target group is arranged around the exploration hole O2, with a total of 8 target lines, one set every 45°, and the setting depth starts from 1 mm just above the edge of the central probe exploration hole O2, with a step of 1 mm, and is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 mm respectively.
(3) B1-B4: Axial lateral resolution target group.
The axial lateral resolution target group is arranged around the exploration hole O1, and its lateral branches are on arcs 5, 10, 20, and 30 mm away from the edge of the central exploration hole O1, namely, B1 and B2, B3, and B4 four groups of target groups, and each target line is distributed on an arc with a radius of 6.5 mm, 11.5 mm, 21. 5 mm, and 31.5 mm around the center of the exploration hole. The lateral spacing between the centers of two adjacent target lines (the chord length between the two target lines) is 3, 2, 1, and 0.5 mm, respectively.
The two adjacent target lines in the axial branch of this target group are on the radius with the center of the central detection hole as the center of the circle, and the difference between the center of the adjacent target line and the center radius of the detection hole is 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mm, respectively. Taking the axial lateral resolution located at the center of the detection hole with a radius of 6.5mm, that is, 5mm from the edge of the detection hole as an example, the distribution diagram of the axial lateral resolution target group is shown in Figure 3. Here, the target line spacing in the axial direction resolution target group is the straight line distance of the target line, and the target line spacing in the lateral resolution target group is the chord length (not the arc length).
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(4) C1─C3: Lateral target group (used to examine the lateral (transverse) geometric position accuracy)
The lateral target group is arranged around the exploration hole O1, and is located at 5mm, 10mm, and 30mm from the upper edge of the central exploration hole. The lateral distance between the target lines in the C2─C3 target group (the straight-line distance between the two target lines) is 10mm. The lateral distance between the target lines in the C1 target group (the straight-line distance between the two target lines) is 5mm.
The target lines are distributed on arcs with radii of 6.5mm, 11.5mm, and 31.5mm around the center of the exploration hole. The lateral target group at 5mm is distributed in a semicircle from the horizontal position on the left side of the exploration hole, with a total of 5 target points. The lateral target group C2 at 10mm is distributed in a semicircle from the horizontal position on the left side of the exploration hole, with a total of 4 target points. The lateral target group C3 at 30mm is distributed in a semicircle from the horizontal position on the left side of the exploration hole, with a total of 10 target points.
(5) D1-D2: Longitudinal target group
The longitudinal target group D1 is arranged around the exploration hole O1, located on the 6 target lines, and located at 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50mm from the left edge of the central exploration hole
O1.
The longitudinal target group D2 is arranged around the exploration hole O1, with a total of 4 target lines, and located at 5, 10, 20, and 30mm from the edge directly below the central exploration hole O1.
(6) J: Image geometric distortion target group
The image geometric distortion target group is arranged around the exploration hole O2, located on the 4 target lines, and located at the four vertices of the square formed 10mm above, below, left, and right from the edge of the central exploration hole O2.
(7) H1-H4: Target group for resolution in the direction of exploration hole withdrawal
The target group for resolution in the direction of withdrawal is to examine the minimum distance between two target lines that can display two clear echo signals when the transducer is withdrawn along the axial direction of the exploration hole. The target group for resolution in the direction of withdrawal is arranged near the exploration hole O3.
The target group H1-H4 is located at 5, 10, 15, and 20 mm from the edge of the central exploration hole O3. The resolution of each target group is 3, 2, 1, and 0.5 mm from the inside to the outside of the exploration hole.
(8) H5-H6: Target group for resolution in the direction of acoustic window withdrawal
The target group H5-H6 for resolution in the direction of acoustic window withdrawal is arranged at a depth of 5 mm and 10 mm below the acoustic window, respectively. The resolution of the H5 target group is 3, 2, 1, and 0.5 mm from right to left, and the resolution of the H6 target group is 3, 2, 1, and 0.5 mm from left to right. This group of target groups can also be used as the lateral resolution target group of the linear array ultrasonic probe.
(9) I1-I2: Target group for geometric position accuracy in the direction of withdrawal of the exploration hole
The target group for geometric position accuracy in the direction of withdrawal is arranged near the exploration hole O3. The I1 target group is located 5 and 10 mm from the edge of the central exploration hole O3 channel, and the I2 target group is located 15 and 20 mm from the edge of the central exploration hole O3 channel. The target line spacing of each group of target groups is 5 mm.