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Bringing anatomy to life: the role of clinical ultrasound in undergraduate medical education - a systematic review. 将解剖学带入生活:临床超声在本科医学教育中的作用-系统回顾。
IF 2.9
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00443-3
Mathilde Brunel, Valentin Sebastian Schäfer, Florian Recker
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Usefulness of handheld ultrasound devices in the assessment of abdominal pathology and comparison with high-end ultrasound devices. 手持式超声设备在腹部病理评估中的应用及与高端超声设备的比较。
IF 2.9
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00433-5
Ana Segura-Grau, Ines Salcedo-Joven, Esther Montes-Belloso, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, Elena Segura-Grau
{"title":"Usefulness of handheld ultrasound devices in the assessment of abdominal pathology and comparison with high-end ultrasound devices.","authors":"Ana Segura-Grau, Ines Salcedo-Joven, Esther Montes-Belloso, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, Elena Segura-Grau","doi":"10.1186/s13089-025-00433-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13089-025-00433-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objective: </strong>The EFSUMB recommends the use of handheld ultrasound devices in many point-of-care cases, including primary care. However, it is necessary to continue training in conventional ultrasound examinations. Our aim is to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of handheld ultrasound devices in abdominal pathology compared with conventional high-end ultrasound scanners.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Agreement study between two ultrasound techniques, (1) POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound), with a General Electric<sup>®</sup> Vscan Air device and (2) standard ultrasound with a high-end Samsung RS 80<sup>®</sup> ultrasound scanner. Cohen's kappa was used for the analysis. The study was conducted between November 2022 and September 2023 in the general ultrasound unit of the San Francisco de Asís University Hospital in Madrid. It included all patients from the emergency department and the inpatient unit who have been referred for abdominal ultrasound.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 93 patients were included (52.7% were women and the mean age was 65.6 (23.6) years). As regards body mass index (BMI), 11.8% had a BMI over 30 kg/m<sup>2</sup>. Of the scans performed, 69.9% were abdominal and the rest urological. Overall, the degree of agreement between the two tests was 89%, with 100% for liver and bladder pathology, 86.2% for renal pathology and 82.5% for complicated renal pathology. Intestinal (73.3%) and pancreatic (58.1%) pathologies showed the lowest correlation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The degree of agreement of handheld devices is high (89%), especially in renal and bladder pathologies, where ultrasound is decisive in decision-making. The agreement is weaker in pancreatic and gastrointestinal tract pathologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12325146/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144785557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Chest ultrasound vs. Radiograph for pneumothorax diagnosis performed by emergency healthcare workers in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 在急诊科急诊医护人员诊断气胸时胸部超声与x线片的比较:一项系统回顾和荟萃分析
IF 2.9
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00441-5
Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois, Coline Burlet, Resa E Lewiss, Reza Bagheri, Christophe Perrier, Jeannot Schmidt, Frédéric Dutheil
{"title":"Chest ultrasound vs. Radiograph for pneumothorax diagnosis performed by emergency healthcare workers in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois, Coline Burlet, Resa E Lewiss, Reza Bagheri, Christophe Perrier, Jeannot Schmidt, Frédéric Dutheil","doi":"10.1186/s13089-025-00441-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13089-025-00441-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The efficacy of bedside chest ultrasonography for the detection and diagnosis of pneumothorax is under debate. We aimed to compare Emergency Healthcare Workers performed chest ultrasonography with chest X-ray in the detection and diagnosis of pneumothorax in the emergency department.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We queried PubMed, Cochrane, ScienceDirect, Web of Science and ClinicalTrials.gov databases from 2000 through January 2024. We included all studies (both retrospective and prospective) that compared the diagnostic performance of chest ultrasonography with chest radiography, using chest computed tomography as the gold standard. Participants are patients consulting in the emergency department and physician that performed the chest ultrasound was an Emergency Healthcare Workers. Studies reporting the sensitivity and specificity for both chest ultrasonography and chest X-ray met inclusion criteria. We applied a random effects meta-analysis methodology. We then performed a meta-regression analysis to search for influencing variables such as technical parameters of echograph, patients and pneumothorax.</p><p><strong>Main results: </strong>15 studies totaling 3,171 patients were analyzed. 71% of patients were male with a mean age of 40.2 years. The mean prevalence of pneumothorax was 27.6% (95 CI 20.9 to 34.3). Chest ultrasonography had higher sensitivity (79.4%, 68.2 to 90.7) compared to chest X-ray (48.1%, 36.8 to 59.4), and a greater negative predictive value (chest ultrasonography = 94.3%, 91.2 to 97.3, and chest X-ray = 87.9%, 84.1 to 91.6). There was no statistical difference in specificity between the two modalities: chest ultrasonography 99.5%, 99 to 100 and chest X-ray 99.8%, 99.4 to 100) or in positive predictive value (chest ultrasonography 94.2%, 90.5 to 97.9 vs chest X-ray 96.7%,92 to 100). Characteristics of echograph or pneumothorax and patients sociodemographic did not influence results.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this systematic review and meta-analysis, chest ultrasonography performed by Emergency Healthcare Workers, had greater sensitivity and negative predictive value than chest radiography for the diagnosis of pneumothorax in emergency department patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"37"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12314293/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144754669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Transcranial sonography window description: a proposal for a rating system. 经颅超声窗口描述:一个评级系统的建议。
IF 2.9
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00428-2
Giada Cucciolini
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Is remotely supervised ultrasound (tele-ultrasound) inferior to the traditional service model of ultrasound with an in-person imaging specialist? A systematic review. 远程监督超声(远程超声)是否不如传统的超声服务模式与现场成像专家?系统回顾。
IF 2.9
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00440-6
Thy Lai, Tania Stafinski, Jeremy Beach, Devidas Menon
{"title":"Is remotely supervised ultrasound (tele-ultrasound) inferior to the traditional service model of ultrasound with an in-person imaging specialist? A systematic review.","authors":"Thy Lai, Tania Stafinski, Jeremy Beach, Devidas Menon","doi":"10.1186/s13089-025-00440-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13089-025-00440-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tele-ultrasound is known to offer potential benefits such as improved access and cost efficiency, but concerns still exist about image quality, operator skill, and data security. This study aimed to determine whether remotely supervised ultrasound is inferior to traditional in-centre ultrasound with an in-person imaging specialist regarding patient care quality, service quality, and access to care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search for a critical appraisal of relevant peer-reviewed published literature, as well as a jurisdictional scan of relevant regulations and standards in other Canadian jurisdictions, was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the original 6051 discrete records identified through the search, 18 studies were selected for inclusion in the review. They originated from 11 countries, and the patient populations spanned infants, children, adults, and pregnant women. The medical applications were echocardiography (including fetal), obstetrical ultrasound, breast ultrasound, thyroid ultrasound, and abdominal ultrasound. The distance between the tele-ultrasound site and the reference site ranged from 23 to 365 km, or a 30 to 45-min drive. In 3 studies, tele-ultrasound images were acquired in one country (India, Peru) and interpreted in another (US or UK). The majority of studies reported good diagnostic accuracy (the proportion of agreement between tele-ultrasound and in-centre ultrasound ranged from 43.4% to 100%, sensitivity ranged from 43% to 97%, and specificity ranged from 77.4% to 100% across studies and tele-ultrasound application). Details are displayed in Supplementary Table 2. There was limited evidence on patients' and providers' perspectives on tele-ultrasound, but in the studies identified, more than half of the patients surveyed felt that tele-ultrasound was acceptable. Additionally, all comments from providers were positive, including their perspectives on the value of tele-ultrasound. The image quality results were mixed. Some studies found that image quality ranged from at least sufficient quality for diagnosis to excellent. However, some other studies reported inadequate image quality in up to 36.8% of cases. It is possible that this range of responses may be due to the varying technical ability/capacity of local tele-ultrasound systems to acquire and transmit images to a remote reader. Cost savings associated with tele-ultrasound were also reported and attributed mainly to travel costs for patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is no consistent evidence that tele-ultrasound is inferior to in-centre ultrasound, although further high-quality studies are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12304338/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Critical upward shift of intracranial pressure levels in extremely obese patients; normalization due to bariatric surgery. 极度肥胖患者颅内压水平的临界上移由于减肥手术而恢复正常。
IF 2.9
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00439-z
Nabil Al Shammas, Robert Luck, Sophie Schumann, Dragana Köhler, Lutz Mirow, Bernhard Rosengarten
{"title":"Critical upward shift of intracranial pressure levels in extremely obese patients; normalization due to bariatric surgery.","authors":"Nabil Al Shammas, Robert Luck, Sophie Schumann, Dragana Köhler, Lutz Mirow, Bernhard Rosengarten","doi":"10.1186/s13089-025-00439-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13089-025-00439-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Increase in body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). The matter of body weight and intracranial pressure (ICP) in clinically asymptomatic obese patients is unknown. We aimed at studying the relationship of ICP and BMI pre- and post-surgery in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with a BMI > 35 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, qualified for bariatric surgery and without clinical signs of IIH were prospectively and consecutively included. The optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and a combined transcranial Doppler-arterial blood pressure (TCD&ABP-ICP) method were used to non-invasively determine the ICP (nICP) pre- and post-surgery (six months after surgery when weight loss had stabilized). ONSD > 5.8 mm and nICP > 25cmH<sub>2</sub>O were assumed as pathologically increased. A nICP between > 20 and ≤ 25 cmH2O was assumed as being in the borderline.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>54 patients (43 female; 44 ± 11 years old) were included. Pre-surgery BMI (46 ± 6 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) significantly declined after surgery (post-surgery BMI: 32 ± 6 kg/m2; paired t-test: p < 0.0001). Initial ONSD was 5.8 ± 0.6 mm (6 pathological values) which declined to 5.4 ± 0.6 mm (5 pathological values) (paired t-test: p < 0.025). TCD&ABP assessed nICP was 19 ± 4.5 cmH<sub>2</sub>O (5 with pathological, 16 with borderline values) pre-surgically and declined to 14 ± 4 cmH<sub>2</sub>O (no pathological, 1 high-normal value) after surgery (p < 0.0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Assuming the low incidence of IIH, the frequency of pathologic and borderline ICP values in obese patients was unexpectedly high. Reduction of ICP with weight loss followed a simple regression line pointing to a mechanistic effect of increased body weight on ICP. The constancy of pathologic ONSD values might be due to a fixed dilatation of the optic nerve sheath due to the duration of obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"35"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12304339/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Contrast enhanced ultrasound - a useful method for diagnosing tubal ectopic pregnancy with low level β-HCG. 超声造影增强诊断低水平β-HCG输卵管异位妊娠的有效方法。
IF 3.4
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00438-0
Jingping Wu, Xinyu Chen, Qiong Wu, Na Wei, Guifang An, Hairong Yu, Ning Wang
{"title":"Contrast enhanced ultrasound - a useful method for diagnosing tubal ectopic pregnancy with low level β-HCG.","authors":"Jingping Wu, Xinyu Chen, Qiong Wu, Na Wei, Guifang An, Hairong Yu, Ning Wang","doi":"10.1186/s13089-025-00438-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13089-025-00438-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In patients presenting with atypical symptoms or low plasma β-HCG levels, the presence of an adnexal mass without a yolk sac or embryo on ultrasound often provides insufficient confidence for a definitive diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy(EP). Consequently, most such cases can only be classified as suspected EP. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for tubal EP (tEP). We retrospectively analyzed 21 patients with suspected EP who underwent CEUS between August 2017 and August 2024. All patients had plasma β-HCG levels below 3500 mIU/mL. Among them, 20 underwent laparoscopic surgery, and all underwent curettage. The diagnostic performance of CEUS for tEP was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 21 patients were included: 19 with tEP, 1 with ovarian pregnancy, and 1 with intrauterine pregnancy. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) for diagnosing tubal dilation were 15.8%, 100%, and 23.8%, respectively. For CEUS, these values were 94.7%, 100%, and 95.2%, respectively. Statistically significant differences were observed between CEUS and TVUS in sensitivity and accuracy (P = 0.000). The enhancement pattern of villous tissue was categorized as either circular or non-circular. Among the tEP cases, 2 exhibited circular enhancement and 17 showed non-circular enhancement. Based on positive β-HCG, absence of an intrauterine gestational sac, and sonographic visualization of a dilated fallopian tube containing either circular or non-circular enhancement internally, CEUS demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for tEP diagnosis in cases with low β-HCG levels. CEUS correctly diagnosed 18 of 19 tEP cases. One tEP case was diagnosed as a mass of uncertain significance. The intrauterine pregnancy case was misdiagnosed as an EP. The ovarian pregnancy case was diagnosed as EP, though CEUS indicated a relatively high possibility of ovarian origin.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In conclusion, CEUS holds significant diagnostic value for tEP. It is particularly useful in diagnostically unclear cases and provides a more detailed assessment of the internal structure of adnexal masses.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12287497/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144691872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Clinical obstacles to machine-learning POCUS adoption and system-wide AI implementation (The COMPASS-AI survey). 机器学习POCUS采用和全系统人工智能实施的临床障碍(COMPASS-AI调查)。
IF 3.4
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00436-2
Adrian Wong, Nurul Liana Roslan, Rory McDonald, Julina Noor, Sam Hutchings, Pradeep D'Costa, Gabriele Via, Francesco Corradi
{"title":"Clinical obstacles to machine-learning POCUS adoption and system-wide AI implementation (The COMPASS-AI survey).","authors":"Adrian Wong, Nurul Liana Roslan, Rory McDonald, Julina Noor, Sam Hutchings, Pradeep D'Costa, Gabriele Via, Francesco Corradi","doi":"10.1186/s13089-025-00436-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13089-025-00436-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become indispensable in various medical specialties. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) holds significant promise to enhance POCUS capabilities further. However, a comprehensive understanding of healthcare professionals' perspectives on this integration is lacking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the global perceptions, familiarity, and adoption of AI in POCUS among healthcare professionals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An international, web-based survey was conducted among healthcare professionals involved in POCUS. The survey instrument included sections on demographics, familiarity with AI, perceived utility, barriers (technological, training, trust, workflow, legal/ethical), and overall perceptions regarding AI-assisted POCUS. The data was analysed by descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, and group comparisons (using chi-square/Fisher's exact test and t-test/Mann-Whitney U test).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study surveyed 1154 healthcare professionals on perceived barriers to implementing AI in point-of-care ultrasound. Despite general enthusiasm, with 81.1% of respondents expressing agreement or strong agreement, significant barriers were identified. The most frequently cited single greatest barriers were Training & Education (27.1%) and Clinical Validation & Evidence (17.5%). Analysis also revealed that perceptions of specific barriers vary significantly based on demographic factors, including region of practice, medical specialty, and years of healthcare experience.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This novel global survey provides critical insights into the perceptions and adoption of AI in POCUS. Findings highlight considerable enthusiasm alongside crucial challenges, primarily concerning training, validation, guidelines, and support. Addressing these barriers is essential for the responsible and effective implementation of AI in POCUS.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"32"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12229359/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Correction: Efficacy of a theoretical-practical course for the ultrasound measurement of the optic nerve diameter in different healthcare operators. 修正:一门理论-实践课程对不同医疗从业人员视神经直径超声测量的效果。
IF 3.4
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00435-3
Eugenio Garofalo, Giuseppe Neri, Vincenzo Bosco, Zaninni Caroleo, Fabiola Virdò, Helenia Mastrangelo, Giusy Guzzi, Gianmaria Cammarota, Chiara Robba, Federico Longhini, Andrea Bruni
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Accuracy of intracranial pressure assessment with a non-invasive transcranial doppler and arterial blood pressure method in patients with suspected idiopathic intracranial hypertension. 无创经颅多普勒和动脉血压法评估疑似特发性颅内高压患者颅内压的准确性。
IF 3.4
Ultrasound Journal Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1186/s13089-025-00434-4
Nabil Al Shammas, Sophie Schumann, Dragana Köhler, Bernhard Rosengarten
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