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Musculotendinous Ultrasound Imaging Applications in Sports Medicine
There is a clearly established role of ultrasound imaging in traditional medical contexts to optimize patient assessment and subsequent care. These
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Can We Mix Some “Natural” Intelligence With the Artificial?
As vascular surgeons involved with reading vascular ultrasound, we are no strangers to innovation in our clinical practice. Endovascular innovations
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From a Mental Image to Imaging Function in 3D
I’m an engineer, and I work on developing ultrasound technology. When clinical colleagues describe how they use ultrasound to guide minimally
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Optimize Screening of the Fetal Heart
The keys to optimizing screening of the fetal heart are to understand how the ultrasound machine’s functions and controls can affect your image,
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What if Ultraportable Ultrasound Devices Were the Future of Healthcare in Africa?
The improvement and miniaturization of ultrasound devices is a result of the need to make ultrasound devices quickly accessible regardless of
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Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound
“Hey Hannah – do you think there is much more to discover in ultrasound technology?” Hannah looked at me and… It was about 30 years ago
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Live Outside of Your Comfort Zone: Ultrasound Education
Earlier this year, I attended a new-to-me scientific meeting—the 21st meeting of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) in the
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Can We Use Ultrasound to Pace the Heart?
In a Heartbeat What would it take to get back a heartbeat? We hear about cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) all the time, with an estimated 31% of deaths
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Why Should We Use Ultrasound for Nail Evaluation
Nowadays, with the development of high- and ultra-high-resolution linear transducers, nail ultrasound has gained relevance in the identification of
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Where it Matters Most
The infant, carried by her father, had been vomiting for several days. The patient’s history was consistent with pyloric stenosis, but there were
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One More Reason to Advocate for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Children: No Current Shortage of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a valuable tool to evaluate the pediatric patient as it offers many of the diagnostic benefits of other
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I Lost My Stethoscope…on Purpose
In July of 2016, my medical school gave me my first, only, and likely, last stethoscope. Since its adoption by clinicians, it has become so iconic
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Growing a POCUS Program in a Large Academic Institution: a guide and some lessons learned
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has quickly become an area of interest within medical education. As of 2020, a total of 57% of medical schools have
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SLOW DOWN: Take Your Time in Diagnosing PCOS in Adolescents
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common ovulation disorder among adult reproductive-age women. This blog post will discuss the latest
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End-of-Residency Perspective on Early Ultrasound Education
I remember clearly the first day I ever held an ultrasound probe. It was my second week of medical school, I knew next to nothing about medicine, and