Table 1.

Imaging assessment of gelatin liver phantoms using several imaging devices compared to the same procedures on real patients.

	Examination/ Procedure	Examination/Procedure on Gelatin Liver Phantom	Examination/Procedure on Real Liver
1	US examination	*	*
2	Elastography	*	*
3	Fibroscan	*	**
4	US-guided tumor puncture/biopsy	*	*
5	RFA needle insertion into the tumor	*	*
6	US-guided Biliary drainage	*	***
7	Laparoscopic US-guided tumor puncture/biopsy	*	*
8	CT-scan examination	*	4*
9	MRI examination	*	4*
10	US-CT fusion examination	*	5*
11	CT-guided tumor puncture/biopsy	*	6*

* Personal archive (Dr. Radu Claudiu Elisei). ** Courtesy of Dr. Horia Stefanescu (“Prof. Dr. O. Fodor”, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania). *** Courtesy of Dr. Tudor Mocan (“Prof. Dr. O. Fodor”, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania). 4* Archive of Bistrita Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Romania. 5* Courtesy of Hiatchi Ltd./Romania. 6* Courtesy of Dr. Andrei Roman (Oncology Institute Cluj-Napoca, Romania).