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A 'finger phantom' to train treatment of trigger finger using ultrasound guidance

Treatment of an injured or diseased joint may require precise insertion of a syringe needle—musculoskeletal sonography can help guide clinicians as they drain fluid from arthritic knees or inject ...
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Finger-size ultrasound capsule endoscopy for effective high-resolution imaging

A research team led by Prof. Qiu Weibao from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced a novel micro-ultrasound capsule endoscopy (μUSCE).
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VIDEO: Initial experience shows ultrasound-guided trigger finger release may be successful

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — In this video, Richard Schaefer, MD, discusses a prospective study of provider and patient satisfaction ...

A wristband into a real-time hand reader, and the ultrasound system can make a robot play the piano, shoot mini basketballs, and mimic your fingers with surprising precision

Discover how a new ultrasound wristband developed by MIT researchers is enabling real-time hand movement tracking for robotics and virtual reality, promising precise control and innovative ...
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MIT’s ultrasound wristband tracks every finger movement and lets you control a robot hand in real time

MIT built an ultrasound wristband that tracks 22 degrees of hand motion and controls a robot hand in real time with 120ms latency. Engineers at MIT have built an ultrasound wristband that can track 22 ...
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A "finger phantom" to train treatment of trigger finger using ultrasound guidance

image: Researchers have made a 3D-printed anatomical finger model, embedded in ballistic gelatin, as a low-cost ultrasound training phantom for procedural guidance of trigger finger injections. Though ...