Product Description

IDEAL SUBSTITUTE FOR TEACHING & TRAINING RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

  • Anthropomorphic phantom disassembles into 9 parts
  • Small size and low weight simplify positioning
  • Unlimited repetition of most views for which patients cannot be used
  • Provides valid feedback to evaluate trainee performance
  • Designed to image any clinical view (AP, oblique, lateral, frog legs, etc.)
  • Custom pathologies and traumas available

Offered in opaque or transparent, Take-Apart Pixy is an anatomically and radiologically correct female designed specifically for training radiologic technologists. At 5' 1" (156 cm) weighing 105 lbs (48 kg), Take-Apart Pixy is a repeatable, convenient substitute for patients and virtually indestructible.

Take-Apart Pixy may be ordered with or without abdominal and pelvic organs: stomach, gall bladder, urinary bladder, kidneys, rectum, and sigmoid flexure. The organs are air-filled but accept water or contrast media that can be easily flushed after use. Custom pathologies and traumas available at an additional cost.

Built with soft-tissue mold and skeleton molds that are matched for anatomic fidelity, Take-Apart Pixy permits unlimited exposures, demonstrates the effects of changing technical factors, and allows for evaluation of student performance. Students have no difficulty in maneuvering Take-Apart Pixy into most desired positions as the phantom is built to tolerate trainee errors.

Model Numbers
RS-103 Opaque Take-Apart Pixy with Fill Ports and Organs. Contains fill ports for the stomach, gall bladder, urinary bladder, right and left kidneys, rectum, and sigmoid flexor. Includes storage case.
RS-103T Transparent Take-Apart Pixy with Fill Ports and Organs. Contains fill ports for the stomach, gall bladder, urinary bladder, right and left kidneys, rectum, and sigmoid flexor. Includes storage case.
RS-104 Opaque Take-Apart Pixy with Organs but NO Fill Ports. Contains stomach, gall bladder, urinary bladder, right and left kidneys, rectum, and sigmoid flexor. Includes storage case.
RS-104T Transparent Take-Apart Pixy with Organs but NO Fill Ports. Contains stomach, gall bladder, urinary bladder, right and left kidneys, rectum, and sigmoid flexor. Includes storage case.
RS-105 Opaque Take-Apart Pixy with NO Fill Ports and NO Organs. Includes storage case.
RS-105T Transparent Take-Apart Pixy with NO Fill Ports and NO Organs. Includes storage case.

All TAKE-APART PIXY Phantoms Feature:

  • Realistic Supine, Lateral, and Oblique Positioning
  • Shoulders Rotate 360 Degrees and Open 180 Degrees Sideways
  • Elbows and Knees Bend 90 Degrees
  • Full Head Rotation
  • Limbs and Head are Detachable at Joints
  • Segmented Joints Allow for Approximate Human Articulation and Flexibility
  • Organs (includes with ONLY certain models) Accept Contrast Media
Anatomy Shoulders have ball and socket joints
Elbows and knees flex 90° to 100°
A "frog position" is possible at the hips
Right hand is molded with fingers positioned for an AP view
Left hand is in an oblique-lateral position
Feet are in natural position
Application

Teaching & training of patient positioning
Image quality
Diagnostic radiology
Dosimetry verification
Protocol verification
Modalities CT, X-Ray, Fluoroscopy

Take-Apart Pixy is used to demonstrate anatomy and evaluate positioning and imaging techniques, including kVp, mAs, contrast, optical density, digital processing, OFD and TFD. Made of tissue-equivalent materials and life-like articulations, Take-Apart Pixy is more realistic than a cadaveric skeleton with radiographs that are optically equivalent in density and contrast to human patients.

C1, C2, C6, and C7 were converted to mechanical nylon joints because educators in the field prefer full positioning capabilities for the head. This design permits the remaining neck vertebrae to be fixed in a normal position, while assuring a full range of head motion.

The skull of Take-Apart Pixy has frontal and sphenoidal sinuses, ethmoidal and mastoid air cells, and the auditory ossicles. Bone sutures are radiographically visible.

Soft tissues are available in opaque or transparent tissue-equivalent materials. The transparent Take-Apart Pixy has visible organs and skeleton.

Take-Apart Pixy lungs are molded of tissue-equivalent foam with the mass density of inflated human lungs (0.30 g/cc). They are connected to the oro-nasal cavity by the stem bronchi and trachea. The oro-nasal pharynx is filled with a nearly air-equivalent foam.

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Manufacturer RSD
Latex Free Yes
Country of Manufacture United States
Item Ships From California

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