A Versatile, Low-Cost, Three-Dimensional-Printed Ultrasound Procedural Training Phantom of the Human Knee

Abstract

The use of musculoskeletal ultrasound is expanding in many medical disciplines, and simulation trainers have been successfully employed to help practitioners learn various ultrasound techniques. While there are fewer commercial trainers in musculoskeletal ultrasound than other ultrasound modalities, the ones that do exist can be prohibitively expensive. Several less expensive phantom trainers have been described in the literature, including those made of ballistic gelatine. The authors present a three-dimensional printed knee phantom that was overlaid with ballistic gelatine as a viable option for training.

Keywords

• medical education
• musculoskeletal ultrasound (msus)
• rheumatology
• ultrasound
• ultrasound simulation