Review
Acoustics
Jacques S. Abramowicz, Srikar Adhikari, Eitan Dickman, Judy A. Estroff, Gerald R. Harris, Jason Nomura, Ronald H. Silverman, Lindsay A. Taylor, Richard G. Barr
Summary: Ocular ultrasound is essential for evaluating the eye and orbit, but caution must be taken due to their sensitivity to the thermal and mechanical effects of ultrasound. It is important to use dedicated ocular settings during B-mode imaging, and to adjust settings to reduce acoustic output in Doppler modes to comply with FDA recommendations.
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Acoustics
Douglas L. Miller, Chunyan Dou, Krishnan Raghavendran, Zhihong Dong
Summary: The induction of pulmonary capillary hemorrhage by lung ultrasound is influenced by physical exposure parameters, physiological conditions, and drug treatment. Xylazine and clonidine tend to increase susceptibility to lung ultrasound-induced PCH, with higher sensitivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats compared to normotensive rats and regardless of mean systemic blood pressure levels.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Acoustics
Yaxin Hu, Jianpeng Wei, Yuanyuan Shen, Siping Chen, Xin Chen
Summary: Emerging evidence has shown that cavitation creates bidirectional channels for drug delivery and biomarker release. This study reviews recent advancements in ultrasound and contrast agents, as well as details the cellular responses and vascular effects of cavitation. The article also highlights the current achievements in using cavitation for drug delivery and biomarker release, while acknowledging the challenges of precise induction and proposes methods for in-situ cavitation imaging and feedback control for clinical guidance.
ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Douglas L. Miller, Chunyan Dou, Krishnan Raghavendran, Zhihong Dong
Summary: This study found that the presence of hemorrhagic shock significantly reduces the occurrence of lung ultrasound-induced pulmonary capillary hemorrhage.
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Acoustics
Jessica Schmidt, Arthur Chiu, William Okiror, Ilan Kolkowitz, James E. Svenson, Peter Olupot-Olupot
Summary: Providing care for children with acute illness in limited-resource settings is challenging. In eastern Uganda, a training program in cardiac and lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for pediatric patients was developed. Evaluation after training showed that trainees were able to perform high-quality ultrasound examinations and accurately interpret images.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Acoustics
Douglas L. L. Miller, Chunyan Dou, Zhihong Dong
Summary: This study evaluated the dependency of pulmonary capillary hemorrhage (PCH) on frames per second (fps), on-screen mechanical index (MIOS), and thermal index (TI) in lung ultrasound imaging. The results showed that PCH increased at low fps, while there was minimal PCH at an MIOS setting of 0.5. Therefore, the study suggests some value for the use of the mechanical index as a predictive indicator of PCH.
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Toru Kameda, Naohisa Kamiyama, Nobuyuki Taniguchi
Summary: Lung ultrasound has made significant advances in the diagnosis of cardiogenic pulmonary edema. However, the mechanism of vertical artifacts known as B-lines used for diagnosis is still not fully understood. The theory of acoustic trap is useful in understanding the generation of vertical artifacts and differentiating them from lung diseases. The optimal settings of ultrasound machines for generating vertical artifacts have not been established internationally.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Avital Avriel, Anat Bar Lavie Shay, Anat Hershko Klement, Jonathan Taylor, David Shamia, Gal Tsaban, Mahmoud Abu-Shakra, John Granton, Lior Fuchs
Summary: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare condition that can lead to right heart failure. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (POCUS), used at the bedside in real time, has the potential to improve the long-term care of PAH patients in outpatient settings. A study was conducted in two PAH clinics, where patients were randomly assigned to either a POCUS assessment group or a non-POCUS standard care group. The POCUS group received blinded ultrasound assessments and showed significantly more changes in management compared to the control group. Multivariate analysis showed that adding POCUS to physical examination increased the likelihood of management changes. POCUS in PAH clinics is feasible and can support clinical evaluation and decision making.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Christina M. Pugliese, Bayode R. Adegbite, Jean R. Edoa, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Fridia A. Obone-Atome, Charlotte C. Heuvelings, Sabine Belard, Laura C. Kalkman, Stije J. Leopold, Thomas Hanscheid, Ayola A. Adegnika, Mischa A. Huson, Martin P. Grobusch
Summary: In malaria patients, point-of-care ultrasound of the inferior vena cava and lungs can improve the assessment of volume status and detect early oedema, which could help guide fluid management in these patients.
Article
Acoustics
Robert David Jarman, Anna Colclough, Cian McDermott, Morten Botker, Lars Knudsen, Tim Harris, Bilal Albaroudi, Omar Albaroudi, Mahmoud Haddad, Robert Darke, Edward Berry, Tomas Breslin, Gareth Fitzpatrick, Leah Flanagan, Olusegun Olusanya, Dominic Craver, Adhnan Omar, Thomas Simpson, Nishant Cherian, Martin Dore, Gregor Prosen, Sharon Kay, Tomas Villen-Villegas, Luna Gargani, Simon Carley, Michael Woo, Florence Dupriez, Arif Hussain, Gabriele Via, James Anthony Connolly, Marcus Peck, Larry Melniker, Andrew Walden, Mark Anthony Attard Biancardi, Olga Zmijewska-Kaczor, Elizabeth Lalande, Paul Geukens, Russell McLaughlin, Paul Olszynski, Beatrice Hoffmann, Eric Chin, Christopher Muhr, Daniel J. Kim, Andre Mercieca, Dharmesh Shukla, Simon Hayward, Michael Smith, Romolo Gaspari, Nick Smallwood, Philippe Pes, Guido Tavazzi, Francesco Corradi, Michael Lambert, Craig Morris, Michael Trauer, Kylie Baker, Adam Bystrzycki, Adrian Goudie, Rachel Liu, Lynne Rudd, Christoph F. Dietrich, Christian Jenssen, Paul S. Sidhu
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the evidence and provide summary and recommendations for the common heart and lung applications of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in acute settings. The findings show that there is a strong consensus on one question and broad agreement on the remaining questions, providing guidance for the clinical practice of PoCUS in acute settings.
ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Robert David Jarman, Anna Colclough, Cian McDermott, Morten Botker, Lars Knudsen, Tim Harris, Bilal Albaroudi, Omar Albaroudi, Mahmoud Haddad, Robert Darke, Edward Berry, Tomas Breslin, Gareth Fitzpatrick, Leah Flanagan, Olusegun Olusanya, Dominic Craver, Adhnan Omar, Thomas Simpson, Nishant Cherian, Martin Dore, Gregor Prosen, Sharon Kay, Tomas Villen-Villegas, Luna Gargani, Simon Carley, Michael Woo, Florence Dupriez, Arif Hussain, Gabriele Via, James Anthony Connolly, Marcus Peck, Larry Melniker, Andrew Walden, Mark Anthony Attard Biancardi, Olga Zmijewska-Kaczor, Elizabeth Lalande, Paul Geukens, Russell McLaughlin, Paul Olszynski, Beatrice Hoffmann, Eric Chin, Christopher Muhr, Daniel J. Kim, Andre Mercieca, Dharmesh Shukla, Simon Hayward, Michael Smith, Romolo Gaspari, Nick Smallwood, Philippe Pes, Guido Tavazzi, Francesco Corradi, Michael Lambert, Craig Morris, Michael Trauer, Kylie Baker, Adam Bystrzycki, Adrian Goudie, Rachel Liu, Lynne Rudd, Christoph F. Dietrich, Christian Jenssen, Paul S. Sidhu
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the evidence regarding heart and lung point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) and provide a summary and recommendations. Through reviewing the evidence and reaching consensus, guidance for PoCUS in acute settings has been provided.
ULTRASCHALL IN DER MEDIZIN
(2023)
Article
Emergency Medicine
S. Kim, M. Rizvi
Summary: This case report is the first to describe the use of point of care ultrasound in diagnosing subgaleal hematoma caused by accidental pilotraction, reviewing the incidence and sonographic findings in the literature.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Cecilia B. Leggett, Mariam Naqvi, Tania F. Esakoff, Marcio A. Diniz, Melissa S. Wong
Summary: This study evaluated the reliability of personal-device-based point-of-care ultrasound devices in obstetrics. The results demonstrated near-perfect agreement and correlation between the estimated fetal weights obtained from these devices and standard ultrasound machines. Therefore, personal-device-based point-of-care ultrasound devices have the potential to increase access to obstetric ultrasound worldwide.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mahara Valverde, Adriana Granados, Mirta Milic, Marcello Ceppi, Leticia Sollano, Stefano Bonassi, Emilio Rojas
Summary: DNA damage in newborn children's cord blood cells from Mexico City is correlated with the DNA damage in their mothers, as well as the environmental exposure and complications during pregnancy. Mothers living in the southern part of the city have double DNA damage compared to those living in the northern part. This study highlights the importance of antioxidants during pregnancy and the role of the placental barrier in protecting newborns from DNA-damaging effects of pollution.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Eyal Schneider, Netta Maimon, Ariel Hasidim, Alla Shnaider, Gabrielle Migliozzi, Yosef S. Haviv, Dor Halpern, Basel Abu Ganem, Lior Fuchs
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of self-lung ultrasound study conducted by hemodialysis patients to detect pulmonary congestion, with and without AI-based automatic tools. The results suggest that self-monitoring of LUS for pulmonary congestion can be a reliable option if combined with an AI application for the B-line count.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Acoustics
Ting Luo, Zhen Wang, Xiaoling Yu, Zhiyu Han, Zhigang Cheng, Fangyi Liu, Jie Yu, Ping Liang
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the contribution of subtotal ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) to the inhibition of programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The results showed that MWA >50% AR could enhance immune-related gene expression, activate CD8+ T cells, and thereby boost the immunomodulatory effect of PD-1 inhibitors.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Letter
Acoustics
Bernard Cosyns, Sharon L. Mulvagh
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Keith Barron, Michael Blaivas, Laura Blaivas, John Sadler, Isadora Deal
Summary: Researchers investigated whether quantitative ultrasound assessment of hyoid bone movement during induced swallowing would predict the failure of traditional assessment methods in stroke patients. They found that manual ultrasound measurement was not accurate in predicting the assessment outcome, but a machine learning algorithm showed substantial agreement with the results, suggesting its potential for improving dysphagia assessment.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Sheng Chen, Yi-Jie Qiu, Qi Zhang, Xiu-Yun Lu, Yun-Lin Huang, Yi Dong, Wen-Ping Wang
Summary: The impact of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor size on Sonazoid contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) enhancement features was evaluated. The study found that tumor size had a significant impact on the washout features of HCC lesions, with smaller lesions exhibiting a later occurrence of washout.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Sean Mcgrath, Yu-Jack Shen, Masato Aragaki, Yamato Motooka, Takamasa Koga, Alexander Gregor, Nicholas Bernards, Emmanuel Cherin, Christine E. M. Demore, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Naomi Matsuura
Summary: This study assessed the imaging ability of CE-EBUS in vitro and in vivo and found that CE-EBUS can produce contrast imaging comparable to commercial pre-clinical and clinical ultrasound systems. CE-EBUS has the potential for clinical characterization of mediastinal lymph nodes in lung cancer patients.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Acoustics
Ahmed M. Al-Jumaily, Hassan Liaquat, Sharad Paul
Summary: This article presents a comprehensive review on the effect of various operational parameters of focused ultrasound (FUS) on the injury zone produced by ultrasound beams for different dermatological applications. The article highlights the efficient operational parameters of FUS to enhance pain relief during surgery and make skin treatment more affordable. Additionally, a prospective future technique for efficient FUS is discussed.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Celine Porte, Thomas Lisson, Matthias Kohlen, Finn von Maltzahn, Stefanie Dencks, Saskia von Stillfried, Marion Piepenbrock, Anne Rix, Anshuman Dasgupta, Patrick Koczera, Peter Boor, Elmar Stickeler, Georg Schmitz, Fabian Kiessling
Summary: This study aimed to refine ULM for breast cancer patients by optimizing the measurement protocol, identifying translational challenges, and combining ULM with shear wave elastography. The results showed that the settings for microbubble injection strongly influence ULM images, requiring optimized protocols for different indications. Patient and examiner motion were identified as the main translational challenges for ULM.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Acoustics
Jocelyne Rivera, Antonia Digklia, Anna S. Christou, James Anibal, Katherine A. Vallis, Bradford J. Wood, Eleanor Stride
Summary: Immunotherapy is a major modality in cancer medicine, but its efficacy is limited and it has potential side effects. Ultrasound and cavitation agents can enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy and stimulate immune responses.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Shyamala Guruvare, Shripad Hebbar, Lakshmi Bai, Padmapriya Jaiprakash, Deepa Reddy, Deepa Hc
Summary: This study assessed the accuracy of 3-D surface rendering of 2-D ultrasound images of the uterus using FMRA software for mapping uterine fibroids compared to pathological evaluation. The results showed good correlation between the two methods in terms of fibroid size and location. Inter-observer analysis also demonstrated reproducibility of measurements from two sonologists using the 3-D model.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Yuting Shen, Jiadong Zhang, Daohuai Jiang, Zijian Gao, Yuwei Zheng, Feng Gao, Fei Gao
Summary: This study proposes a straightforward simulation approach based on superposed Wave (s-Wave) to accelerate photoacoustic simulation. By manipulating the phase and amplitude of sensor data, the computation time is significantly reduced. The results show that s-Wave exhibits a speed improvement >2000 times compared with k-Wave in a sparse system configuration, and in terms of optimization-based image reconstruction, the reconstruction time is reduced by approximately 50 times.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Jason Voorneveld, Johan G. Bosch
Summary: This study assesses the effect of spatial velocity gradients (SVGs) on block matching, and finds that the sinusoidal flow wavelength and SVG angle have significant impact on the bias and precision of block matching.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Kartini Rahmat, Nazimah Ab Mumin, Wei Lin Ng, Nur Aishah Mohd Taib, Wai Yee Chan, Marlina Tanty Ramli Hamid
Summary: This study demonstrates the value of ABUS as an adjunct to DBT in breast screening and diagnosis, with improved cancer detection rates.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Jieyu Hu, Sindre Hellum Olaisen, Erik Smistad, Havard Dalen, Lasse Lovstakken
Summary: This study introduces a fully automated, real-time method for measuring left atrial volume in echocardiography using a neural network to identify key time points and segmentation techniques. The results show that this method provides comparable accuracy to manual measurements while saving time and reducing operator variability, with an average volume difference of 2.9 mL for 2-D and 7.8 mL for 3-D imaging. The application of pseudo-labeling improves the stability of volume curves and the accuracy of end-systole measurement.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Anam Bhatti, Takuro Ishii, Yoshifumi Saijo
Summary: A new protocol for fabricating a microflow phantom with bifurcated geometry at a superficial region was proposed in this study. Ultrasound imaging confirmed the successful creation of the desired flow tract with bifurcation at a depth of 2-5 mm. The experiments demonstrated the validity of the proposed protocol for creating a microscale intricate flow tract with desired dimensions and depth. This new phantom will facilitate further improvement in ultrasound technologies for precise visualization of superficial complex vasculatures.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Acoustics
Nima Mobadersany, Pengcheng Liang, Paul Kemper, Elisa E. Konofagou
Summary: This study describes a technique for manufacturing arterial phantoms using polyvinyl alcohol and evaluates the use of pulse wave imaging (PWI) to assess plaque stiffness. The results show that PWI can distinguish between plaques of different stiffness and composition.
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
(2024)
