Sentence examples for needle shaft from inspiring English sources

The computer responds by sending a radio signal down the needle shaft.

Similar results were registered with regard to scorings from the needle shaft and target.

In total 100 (40+60) images were randomly numbered and read independently by three radiologists with regard to scoring of the quality of the echoes from the needle tip, needle shaft and the target.

Central to these algorithms is the estimation of the needle states (position and orientation of the needle tip) from only the needle-tip position measurements; needle-tip orientation cannot be directly measured since the needle shaft is very thin.

A small imaging window was etched in the needle shaft, approximately 8 mm from the tip, through which the A-scans were acquired.

Because the sensor was affixed collinear with the needle shaft, the initial offset direction between them can be approximated by a [1, 0, 0] vector.

Coatings could be localized just to the needle shafts and formulated to dissolve within 20 s in porcine cadaver skin.

The longitudinal view allows direct real-time visualization of the needle tip and shaft entering the tissue from the skin to the vessel without transducer movement.

Acupuncture needles lack the shaft and reservoir of a syringe where HIV-infected blood can hide, Webley explained, "so the probability of it actually storing enough blood or serum with enough viral particles in there to lead to an infection is extremely low".

Prior to the needling tests, SEM images of the randomly selected needles were taken to check the surface conditions of the needle tips and shafts, with a view to identifying defects such as scuffs, scratches, lumps and irregularities.

It is slightly smaller than a 27-gauge needle, and the proximal shaft of the catheter is the size of a 24-gauge needle to limit disturbances from seeding.