A Cost‐effective, Gelatin‐Based Phantom Model for Learning Ultrasound‐Guided Fine‐Needle Aspiration Procedures of the Head and Neck. (1st August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Richardson, Clare; Bernard, Stewart; Dinh, Vi Am
• Is Part Of: Journal of ultrasound in medicine. Volume 34:Number 8(2015)
• Page Start: 1479
• Page End: 1484
• Publication Date: 2015-08-01
• Subjects: fine‐needle aspiration -- gelatin model -- head and neck ultrasound -- phantom mode; Ultrasonics in medicine -- Periodicals; Ultrasonics; Ultrasonography; Ultrasonics in medicine; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.07543
• DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.8.1479
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-4297

Abstract

Abstract : The rise in popularity of ultrasound imaging has seen a corresponding increase in demand for effective training tools such as phantom models. They are especially useful for teaching and practice of invasive procedures, such as fine‐needle aspiration of lesions of the head and neck. We have created 2 gelatin models out of inexpensive, commonly available materials that can be used in sequence to learn head and neck fine‐needle aspiration. Fundamental skills can be learned first on the flat, rectangular model, whereas the second, cylindrical model more closely represents human anatomy and can be used to develop more advanced technique.