Disclosed are human tissue phantoms mimicking the mechanical properties of
real tissue, and methods for manufacturing thereof including the steps of
obtaining a computer aided three-dimensional design of a phantom
mimicking the tissue in shape and size; fabrication of a mold form
facilitating the production of the designed phantom; molding said phantom
with the use of two-component silicon gels as a bulk tissue-mimicking
material having Young's modulus in the range of 2 to 30 kPa; filling the
enclosed volume of said phantom with anatomical and pathological tissue
structures mimicking their respective mechanical properties and having
Young's modulus in the range of about 30 to 600 kPa; covering said
phantom by a protective layer having mechanical properties to a human
tissue protective layer; and securing the phantom perimeter on a
supporting plate by a rubber barrier. The example of used
tissue-mimicking material is a two-component silicone SEMICOSIL gel with
variable elastic properties and Young's modulus from 3 kPa to 600 kPa as
a result of changing the silicon component ratio. As examples, the breast
and prostate phantom tissue and their fabrication procedures are
described.