A low-cost ultrasound phantom of the lumbosacral spine

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-293

  Bellingham, Geoff A ^a   Peng, Philip W H ^b  

^a Mt Sinai Liver Cancer Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; ISPAGULA;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE MODEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL; NEEDLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKILL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; GELATIN; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NEEDLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PSYLLIUM; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952409152     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181c75a76     Document Type: Article

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