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Reference 1 Jiang T., Zhu X., Jiao Y., Li X., Shen Z., Cui Y. Localization Accuracy of Ultrasound-actuated Needle with Color Doppler Imaging. In the original paper [[1]], Graeme McLeod and Zhihong Huang were not included as authors in the published article. Author Contributions Conceptualization, T.J.; formal analysis, G.M. and X.Z.; funding acquisition, T.J. and Y.C.; investigation, T.J., G.M., Z.H., and Y.J.; methodology, T.J., X.Z., and Z.S.; software, X.L.; patent authorization, G.M. and Z.H.; writing - original draft, T.J.; writing - review and editing, G.M., Z.H., Y.J., and Y.C.; funding acquisition, T.J. and Y.C. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. [Extracted from the article]

An ultrasonic needle-actuating device for tissue biopsy and regional anaesthesia offers enhanced needle visibility with color Doppler imaging. However, its specific performance is not yet fully determined. This work investigated the influence on needle visibility of the insertion angle and drive voltage, as well as determined the accuracy and agreement of needle tip localization by comparing color Doppler measurements with paired photographic and B-mode ultrasound measurements. Needle tip accuracy measurements in a gelatin phantom gave a regression trend, where the slope of trend is 0.8808; coefficient of determination (R2) is 0.8877; bias is −0.50 mm; and the 95% limits of agreement are from −1.31 to 0.31 mm when comparing color Doppler with photographic measurements. When comparing the color Doppler with B-mode ultrasound measurements, the slope of the regression trend is 1.0179; R2 is 0.9651; bias is −0.16 mm; and the 95% limits of agreement are from −1.935 to 1.605 mm. The results demonstrate the accuracy of this technique and its potential for application to biopsy and ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]