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Ultrasound examination of the thorax is superior to chest radiograph or physical examination for diagnosing common conditions such as pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, and pneumothorax. The basic skill set is straightforward to learn, quick to perform, repeatable, and does not involve patient transport, harmful ionizing radiation, or ...
Scott J. Millington+2 more
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Comparison of four handheld point-of-care ultrasound devices by expert users
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+25 more
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Ultrasound can penetrate deep into tissues and interact with human tissue via thermal and mechanical mechanisms. The ability to focus an ultrasound beam and its energy onto millimeter-size targets was a significant milestone in the development of ...
Z. Izadifar+3 more
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Acousto-electrical speckle pattern in Lorentz force electrical impedance tomography [PDF]
Ultrasound speckle is a granular texture pattern appearing in ultrasound imaging. It can be used to distinguish tissues and identify pathologies. Lorentz force electrical impedance tomography is an ultrasound-based medical imaging technique of the tissue
Catheline, Stefan+7 more
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Ultrasound Elastography: Review of Techniques and Clinical Applications
Elastography-based imaging techniques have received substantial attention in recent years for non-invasive assessment of tissue mechanical properties.
R. Sigrist+4 more
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Comparison of transabdominal ultrasound and electromagnetic transponders for prostate localization. [PDF]
The aim of this study is to compare two methodologies of prostate localization in a large cohort of patients. Daily prostate localization using B-mode ultrasound has been performed at the Nebraska Medical Center since 2000.
Enke, Charles A+6 more
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Sonoelastography in the diagnosis of tendinopathies: An added value [PDF]
BACKGROUND: sonoelastography helps in the detection of abnormalities not yet evident on B-mode exam. METHODS: in this observational study, we report a collection of cases of symptomatic patients without alterations at ultrasound imaging but with ...
Abate, Michele+7 more
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Ultrasound assisted siRNA delivery using PEG-siPlex loaded microbubbles [PDF]
Short interfering RNA (siRNA) attracts much attention for the treatment of various diseases. However, its delivery, especially via systemic routes, remains a challenge. Indeed, naked siRNAs are rapidly degraded, while complexed siRNAs massively aggregate
De Smedt, Stefaan+4 more
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Objectives The purpose of this study is to provide expert consensus recommendations to establish a global ultrasound curriculum for undergraduate medical students.
R. Hoppmann+69 more
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Real-time diagnostics of gas/water assisted injection moulding using integrated ultrasonic sensors [PDF]
YesAn ultrasound sensor system has been applied to the mould of both the water and gas assisted injection moulding processes. The mould has a cavity wall mounted pressure sensor and instrumentation to monitor the injection moulding machine.
Brown E. C.+17 more
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