Addition of metamucil to gelatin for a realistic breast biopsy phantom

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1123-1126

  Morehouse, Helen ^a   Thaker, Harshada Pranav ^a   Persaud, Chandowti ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SONOGRAPHIC BIOPSY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

GELATIN; ISPAGULA; LATEX;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; DISEASE SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FRUIT; GLOVE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; SKILL;

EID: 34547666606     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.8.1123     Document Type: Article

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