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A comparison of handheld and standard ultrasound in Swiss medical students [PDF]

World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
The use of ultrasound (US) within healthcare has inspired the development of new US technology. There have been few studies comparing the use of handheld US to standard US for medical education. This research aims to determine whether a handheld US device can provide a comparable primary learning experience to that of a standard US machine.Over two ...
Slader, Mark, Young, Hayley, Barker, Margot, Prentice, Kylie, Bogaard, Katherine, Yuan, Charlene, Saadat, Soheil, Lahham, Shadi   +7 more
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Comparison of four handheld point-of-care ultrasound devices by expert users

The Ultrasound Journal, 2022
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is rapidly becoming ubiquitous across healthcare specialties. This is due to several factors including its portability, immediacy of results to guide clinical decision-making, and lack of radiation exposure to ...
Minh-Phuong T. Le, Lara Voigt, Robert Nathanson, Anna M. Maw, Gordon Johnson, Ria Dancel, Benji Mathews, Alvaro Moreira, Harald Sauthoff, Christopher Gelabert, Linda M. Kurian, Jenna Dumovich, Kevin C. Proud, Jessica Solis-McCarthy, Carolina Candotti, Christopher Dayton, Alexander Arena, Brandon Boesch, Saul Flores, Mark T. Foster, Nicholas Villalobos, Tanping Wong, Gabriel Ortiz-Jaimes, Michael Mader, Craig Sisson, Nilam J. Soni   +25 more
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Handheld Force Controlled Ultrasound Probe [PDF]

Journal of Medical Devices, 2010
An actuated handheld force-feedback controlled ultrasound probe has been developed. The controller maintains a prescribed contact force between the probe and a patient’s body. The device will enhance the diagnostic capability of free-hand elastography, swept-force compound imaging and make it easier for a technician to acquire repeatable (i.e ...
Matthew Gilbertson, Brian Anthony, Shih-Yu Sun   +2 more
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Handheld ultrasound in training – The future is getting smaller! [PDF]

Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2020
Traditional ultrasound teaching is normally delivered using large, costly and often quite advanced cart-based systems. These carts are often large systems on wheels, usually limited to the departments that own them i.e. clinics, wards or radiology. Portability has been further improved by the development of laptop style systems, which are easier to ...
Jonathan N Wilkinson, Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug   +1 more
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Handheld Ultrasound Diagnosis Of Extremity Fractures [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2004
Hand portable ultrasound has been validated in trauma patients using the FAST technique. The machine’s light and rugged design make it suitable for military deployment and they have been successfully used on deployments in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Ultrasound is widely accepted in the diagnosis of abdominal and thoracic trauma, however, little work
M. Simms, V. Price, A. J. Brooks, N. Ward, C. J. Hand   +4 more
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Handheld ultrasound device-guided axillary vein access for pacemaker and defibrillator implantation

Veins and Lymphatics, 2023
While ultrasound assistance for accessing the axillary vein has been established as a reliable method for cardiac pacemaker and cardioverter-defibrillator leads implantation, there is a lack of information regarding the utilization of portable handheld ...
Biagio Sassone, Enrico Bertagnin, Giuseppe Simeti, Santo Virzì   +3 more
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Comparing New Smartphone-Connected Handheld Ultrasound Device vs. Traditional Ultrasound in Vitreo-Retinal Disease Diagnosis. [PDF]

Diagnostics (Basel)
Rubegni G, Zeppieri M, Russo A, Castellino N, Fruschelli M, Hadjistilianou T, Tognetti L, Orione M, Lanzafame L, Gagliano C, Cartocci A, Tosi GM, Avitabile T.   +12 more
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Class-C Pulsed Power Amplifier with Voltage Divider Integrated with High-Voltage Transistor and Switching Diodes for Handheld Ultrasound Instruments

Energies, 2022
A novel Class-C pulsed power amplifier with a voltage divider integrated with a high-voltage transistor and switching diodes is proposed to reduce DC power consumption and increase the maximum output power for handheld ultrasound instruments.
Hojong Choi
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A Prospective Cohort Study to Evaluate Needle Passes Using a Portable Ultrasound Device versus Traditional Landmark Approach for Epidural Anesthesia in a Busy Obstetric Tertiary Care Center

POCUS Journal, 2023
Despite its many cited benefits, ultrasound guidance for neuraxial procedures is not widespread in anesthesiology. Some cited limitations include device cost and accessibility. We test the hypothesis that a handheld and relatively inexpensive ultrasound
Antonio Gonzalez Fiol, Pedro Acevedo Rodriguez, Xiwen Zhao, Robert Gaiser, Adriana Herrera, Aymen Alian   +5 more
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Consumer preferences for scanning modality to diagnose focal liver lesions [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: Differences in the process of using liver imaging technologies might be important to patients. This study aimed to investigate preferences for scanning modalities used in diagnosing focal liver lesions.
Adam B Smith, Albrecht, Alexandra Filby, Jenkinson, Jennifer Whitty, Louise M Carr, Sirli, Smith   +7 more
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