Design of Novel Adipose Tissue Mimicking Phantom Material for Liposuction Training

Abstract

Liposuction uses negative pressure to suck out the fat pieces with a liposuction needle to extract fat. However, novice doctors can only try to improve their liposuction techniques in the next operation based on previous operations and post-operative feedback. This paper designs an adipose tissue-mimicking phantom similar to human adipose tissue in data feedback for doctors' training. In this study, we use the orthogonal experiment to select representative material combinations, collect three professional doctors' operation data, and score and quantify each group of phantoms based on the Wasserstein distance. Finally, we obtain the ideal ratio and verify it. Experiments show that the tissue-mimicking phantom designed in this paper can effectively simulate the state of human adipose tissue in clinical liposuction surgery. The designed phantom can be used for training and is of great significance for liposuction doctors to improve their operation skills.