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ReviewJournal of medical ultrasound

Chemical Characteristics, Motivation and Strategies in choice of Materials used as Liver Phantom: A Literature Review.

Muntaser S Ahmad, Nursakinah Suardi, Ahmad Shukri, Hjouj Mohammad, Ammar A Oglat, Azzam Alarab, Osama Makhamrah

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Review in Journal of medical ultrasound. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Muntaser S AhmadDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
Nursakinah SuardiDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
Ahmad ShukriDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiation Science, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
Hjouj MohammadDepartment of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Health Professions, Al-Quds University, Abu Deis - Main Campus, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Ammar A OglatDepartment of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, Palestine.
Azzam AlarabDepartment of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Allied Medical Health, Palestine Ahlyia University, Bethlehem, Palestine.
Osama MakhamrahDepartment of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Health Professions, Al-Quds University, Abu Deis - Main Campus, Jerusalem, Palestine.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver phantoms have been developed as an alternative to human tissue and have been used for different purposes. In this article, the items used for liver phantoms fabrication are mentioned same as in the previous literature reviews. Summary and characteristics of these materials are presented. The main factors that need to be available in the materials used for fabrication in computed tomography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear medicine were analyzed. Finally, the discussion focuses on some purposes and aims of the liver phantom fabrication for use in several areas such as training, diagnoses of different diseases, and treatment planning for therapeutic strategies - for example, in selective internal radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, laser-induced thermotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and microwave coagulation therapy. It was found that different liver substitutes can be developed to fulfill the different requirements.

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Liver phantomsradioembolizationradiofrequency ablationselective internal radiation therapytissue-mimicking material

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PMID32368444
PMCPMC7194418

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