title: A home-made phantom for learning ultrasound-guided invasive techniques.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*