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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 202, 2020
The 5th International Conference on Energy, Environmental and Information System (ICENIS 2020)
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| Article Number | 12001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Public Health and Epidemiology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202020212001 | |
| Published online | 10 November 2020 | |
Carrageenan Biopolymer for Medical Ultrasonography using Phantom CIRS
1 Radiodiagnostic Engineering and Radiotherapy Academy/ATRO of Bali
2 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
3 Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health of Semarang, Indonesia
* Corresponding author: diartamaaris@gmail.com
The use of polymer as conductor in medical ultrasonography is very crucial to establish patient diagnosis and to prevent administration of improper treatment. Rapid development in science and technology encourages people to create more innovations that are readily usable. However, these innovations sometimes put health and environmental aspects aside that in turn become disadvantageous to health and may lead to environmental pollution. This research proposes the use of carrageenan biopolymer as a safe alternative for people’s health and the environment. It aims to prove differences in resulting phantom CIRS images taken with the help of carrageenan gel and standard gel based on Carbomer 940 as acoustic coupling agents (ACA) for ultrasonography (USG). It is an experimental research that uses true experiment technique with posttest only control group design. Results from T-test analysis show significance value of p>0.05, meaning there is no significant difference between the use of carrageenan gel and ACA gel (Carbomer 940). This result proves that carrageenan gel can be used as an acoustic coupling agent for ultrasonography. Results from imaging tests also reveal that there is no difference between the use of carrageenan gel and that of a manufacturer gel based on Carbomer 940 available in Indonesia, in terms of visualization of phantom CIRS images.
Key words: Carrageenan / Acoustic Coupling Agent / Ultrasonography
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