Abstract
Ultrasonography is used in many clinical fields because it is a noninvasive examination with no risk of radiation exposure and can acquire images of various parts of the body from any angle. Although ultrasonography is difficult to master because it depends on the examiner's ability, the problem is that adequate training is not provided. Ultrasound equipment and phantoms, which are human models used for training, are very expensive, and the time available to students is limited, so training during school is rarely provided.
To solve this problem, we are developing the ultrasound training simulator that can be used to train beginners (medical , medical laboratory science, or radiology technologist cource students). In this study, we specifically focused on the development of a simulator for training abdominal ultrasonography that can be used for home-training.
This simulator consists of a probe-shape controller and a PC. Doctors and technologists at Teikyo University School of Medicine cooperated in the effectiveness evaluation experiment, and the simulator was highly evaluated.
