Patient-specific ultrasound liver phantom: materials and fabrication method

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1065-1075

  Pacioni, Alessia ^a   Carbone, Marina ^a   Freschi, Cinzia ^a   Viglialoro, Rosanna ^a   Ferrari, Vincenzo ^a   Ferrari, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home made phantom; Hybrid simulation; Silicone phantom; Ultrasound and biopsy training; Ultrasound simulation

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; LIQUID PARAFFIN; POLYMER; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGING PHANTOM; LIVER; LIVER PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SOFT TISSUE; VEIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LIVER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84934280768     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-014-1120-y     Document Type: Article

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