Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
Aquaflex Stand Off Pad | Parker Laboratories | E8317C | |
Aquasonic ultrasound Gel | Parker Laboratories | E8365AF | |
Linear Array Ultrasound Probe L4-12t-RS | GE Healthcare | 5495987 | |
LOGIC e Ultrasound | GE Healthcare | E8349PA | |
Osirix Dicom Viewer | Pixmeo SARL | Software for measurements |
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