A low-cost, durable, combined ultrasound and fluoroscopic phantom for cervical transforaminal injections

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 344-348

  Lerman, Imanuel R ^a   Souzdalnitski, Dmitri ^b   Narouze, Samer ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Summa Western Reserve Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CERVICAL SPINE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMBINED ULTRASOUND AND FLUOROSCOPIC PHANTOM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MOTOR SKILLS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84860703692     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31824f3763     Document Type: Article

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