The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices - An EFSUMB Position Paper

Michael Bachmann Nielsen¹, Vito Cantisani², Paul S Sidhu³, Radu Badea⁴, Tomasz Batko⁵, Jonathan Carlsen¹, Michel Claudon⁶, Caroline Ewertsen¹, Carmen Garre⁷, Jordan Genov⁸, Odd Helge Gilja⁹, Roald Havre¹⁰, Mateusz Kosiak¹¹, Wojciek Kosiak⁵, James Pilcher¹², Helmut Prosch¹³, Maija Radzina¹⁴, Vasileios Rafailidis³, Alexander Rykkje¹, Andreas Serra¹⁵, Alexandros Sotiriadis¹⁶, Mia Østergaard¹, Christoph F Dietrich¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Radiological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Ultrasound Department, 3 rd Medical Clinic, Institute of Gastroenterolgy and Hepatology "Octavian Fodor" Cluj Napoca, Romania.
⁵ Ultrasound and Biopsy Diagnostics Lab at the Clinic of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
⁶ Department of Radiology, CHRU Nancy, University of Lorraine, Inserm, IADI, F-54000 NANCY, France.
⁷ Servicio de Aparato Digestivo Hospital Universitarios Virgen de la Arrixaca, Carretera de Cartagena s/n. El Palmar, Murcia Spain.
⁸ Department of Hepatology, Clinic of Gastroenterology, University Hospital "TsaritsaYoanna - ISUL", Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁹ National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland, University Hospital, Bergen, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
¹¹ Medical Centre in Puck, 16 Armii Wojska Polskiego Puck, Poland.
¹² Department of Radiology, St George's Hospital London, UK.
¹³ Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Währingergürtel, Vienna, Austria.
¹⁴ Diagnostic Radiology Institute, Paula Stradina clinical university hospital, Riga, Latvia.
¹⁵ Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Klinik Hirslanden, Zürich.
¹⁶ Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Medical School.
¹⁷ Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

PMID: 30577046
DOI: 10.1055/a-0783-2303

The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices - An EFSUMB Position Paper

Michael Bachmann Nielsen et al. Ultraschall Med. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;40(1):30-39.

doi: 10.1055/a-0783-2303. Epub 2018 Dec 21.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Radiological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Ultrasound Department, 3 rd Medical Clinic, Institute of Gastroenterolgy and Hepatology "Octavian Fodor" Cluj Napoca, Romania.
⁵ Ultrasound and Biopsy Diagnostics Lab at the Clinic of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
⁶ Department of Radiology, CHRU Nancy, University of Lorraine, Inserm, IADI, F-54000 NANCY, France.
⁷ Servicio de Aparato Digestivo Hospital Universitarios Virgen de la Arrixaca, Carretera de Cartagena s/n. El Palmar, Murcia Spain.
⁸ Department of Hepatology, Clinic of Gastroenterology, University Hospital "TsaritsaYoanna - ISUL", Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁹ National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland, University Hospital, Bergen, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
¹¹ Medical Centre in Puck, 16 Armii Wojska Polskiego Puck, Poland.
¹² Department of Radiology, St George's Hospital London, UK.
¹³ Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Währingergürtel, Vienna, Austria.
¹⁴ Diagnostic Radiology Institute, Paula Stradina clinical university hospital, Riga, Latvia.
¹⁵ Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Klinik Hirslanden, Zürich.
¹⁶ Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Medical School.
¹⁷ Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

PMID: 30577046
DOI: 10.1055/a-0783-2303

Erratum in

The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices - An EFSUMB Position Paper.
Nielsen MB, Cantisani V, Sidhu PS, Badea R, Batko T, Carlsen J, Claudon M, Ewertsen C, Garre C, Genov J, Gilja OH, Havre R, Kosiak M, Kosiak W, Pilcher J, Prosch H, Radzina M, Rafailidis V, Rykkje A, Serra A, Sotiriadis A, Østergaard M, Dietrich CF. Nielsen MB, et al. Ultraschall Med. 2019 Feb;40(1):e1. doi: 10.1055/a-0881-5251. Epub 2019 Mar 28. Ultraschall Med. 2019. PMID: 30921816 English. No abstract available.

Abstract
in English, German

The miniaturization of ultrasound equipment in the form of tablet- or smartphone-sized ultrasound equipment is a result of the rapid evolution of technology and handheld ultrasound devices (HHUSD). This position paper of the European Federation of Societies in Ultrasound and Medicine (EFSUMB) assesses the current status of HHUSD in abdominal ultrasound, pediatric ultrasound, targeted echocardiography and heart ultrasound, and we will report position comments on the most common clinical applications. Also included is a SWOT (Strength - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats) analysis, the use for handheld devices for medical students, educational & training aspects, documentation, storage and safety considerations.

Die Verkleinerung von handlichen zu handgeführten Ultraschallgeräten mit einer Größe und Form von Tablets bzw. Smartphones ist das Ergebnis einer rasanten Technologieentwicklung. Dieses Positionspapier der Europäischen Ultraschallgesellschaft (EFSUMB, European Federation of Societies in Ultrasound and Medicine) beschreibt aktuelle Anwendungen von kleinen und kleinsten Ultraschallgeräten am Thorax und Abdomen. Häufige angewandte Applikationen werden beschrieben. Das Positionspapier beinhaltet auch eine SWOT-Analyse (Strength – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats). Anwendungen durch Medizinstudenten sowie Ausbildungs- und Trainingsaspekte, Dokumentation, Speicherung von Daten sowie Sicherheitsaspekte werden beleuchtet.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

MeSH terms

Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources
- Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York

Save citation to file

Email citation

Add to Collections

Add to My Bibliography

Your saved search

Create a file for external citation management software

Your RSS Feed

The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices - An EFSUMB Position Paper

Affiliations

The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices - An EFSUMB Position Paper

Authors

Affiliations

Erratum in

Abstract
in English, German

Conflict of interest statement

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Erratum in

Abstract in English, German

Conflict of interest statement

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Abstract
in English, German