Cadaveric ultrasound imaging for training in ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks: Lower extremity

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 475-480

  Tsui, Ban C H ^a   Dillane, Derek ^a   Pillay, Jennifer ^a   Ramji, Al Karim ^a   Walji, Anil H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL VEIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 34250353463     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022035     Document Type: Article

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