Anthropomorphic liver phantom with flow for multimodal image-guided liver therapy research and training.

Anna RethyJørn Ove SæternesJostein HalgunsetRonald MårvikErlend F HofstadJuan A Sánchez MargalloThomas Langø

Published in: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery (2017)

By a two-step casting procedure, we produced a multimodal liver phantom, with open vascular channels, and tumor models, that is the next best thing to practicing imaging and guidance procedures in animals or humans. The technique is in principle applicable to any organ of the body.

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