A Cost-effective, Gelatin-Based Phantom Model for Learning Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Procedures of the Head and Neck.

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  • Clare Richardson
  • Stewart Bernard
  • Vi Am Dinh
چکیده

The rise in popularity of ultrasound imaging has seen a corresponding increase in demand for effective training tools such as phantom models. They are especially useful for teaching and practice of invasive procedures, such as fine-needle aspiration of lesions of the head and neck. We have created 2 gelatin models out of inexpensive, commonly available materials that can be used in sequence to learn head and neck fine-needle aspiration. Fundamental skills can be learned first on the flat, rectangular model, whereas the second, cylindrical model more closely represents human anatomy and can be used to develop more advanced technique.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

دوره 34 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015