• Inanimate tool for training of a novice to demonstration by an expert.
• Detailed hepatobiliary, pancreatic and other abdominal anatomy meeting requirement for excellent training : open intraoperative scanning of the liver, biliary tract, pancreas; laparoscopic examination of the biliary system for screening of stones and evaluation of hepatic and pancreatic lesions, etc.
• Soft phantom materials allowing realistic probe manipulation.
• Various simulated lesions including biliary stones and cysts, solid tumors (hypoechoic, hyperechoic and target-appearance) in the liver, pancreas, spleen and kidneys.
• Detachable stomach and duodenum allowing various scanning methods of the bile duct and pancreas.
• Container allowing water-immersion scanning for both contact and stand-off techniques, simulating real abdominal intraoperative and laparoscopic scanning. (No ultrasound gel required)
• Near real-size organs, structures and abnormal lesions.
• Container with phantom fits in the laparoscopic trainer box so that laparoscopic ultrasound of organs is possible under direct laparoscopic view.
• Durable long-life phantom materials.

The phantom includes:

• the liver (segmental anatomy, portal and hepatic venous systems, ligamentum teres and ligamentum venosum), biliary tract (gallbladder, cystic duct, intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts),
• pancreas (pancreatic duct),
• spleen,
• kidneys,
• detailed vascular structures (aorta, vena cava, celiac artery and its branches, portal vein and its branches, superior mesenteric vessels, renal vessels, etc)

Pathology includes:

• hepatic lesions (cystic and solid), gallbladder and bile duct stones,
• pancreatic tumors (one invading the portal vein),
• splenic lesions, both kidney lesions,
• and left adrenal tumor.

Set Includes:

• Upper abdomen ultrasound phantom
• Phantom container