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Juliana Wilson1, Lorraine Ng2, Vaughn Browne1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Associated Faculty Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Abstract:
We have created a low-cost and easy to make phantom for abscess identification using point-of-care ultrasound. The phantom also allows needle tracking and abscess aspiration using ultrasound guidance.
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