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An easily made ultrasound biopsy phantom.
Author(s) -
Fredfeldt K E
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1986.5.5.295
Subject(s) - medicine , imaging phantom , citation , ultrasound , biopsy , radiology , medical physics , library science , computer science
To the Eclitor:-The performance of ultrasonically guided intervcntional proceclurcs rcr1uires skill. It is not suffident to he familiar with ultrasonic imaging. The clifforcnt hiopsy needles require different manipulations, which take smnc time to learn. To practice biopsies on <:orpscs is not l'onvcnicnt, ancl there may be problems with g;1s de\'elupmcnt impairing image quality. Biopsy phantoms arc <.'Otm:ially m·ailahle, but expensive. This paper clescrihcs an easily made and d1<";1p biopsy phantom.