A home-made phantom for learning ultrasound-guided invasive techniques.
An ultrasound phantom is described which allows practice of ultrasound-guidance of needle placement over variable depths and into targets of variable size. The phantom mimics a solid organ in its echogenicity and can be cheaply and easily made from resources of the domestic kitchen.
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Department of Radiology, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*