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Review
. 2020 Oct;148(4):2146.
doi: 10.1121/10.0002183.

Lung ultrasound: The future ahead and the lessons learned from COVID-19

Libertario Demi  1
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Review

Lung ultrasound: The future ahead and the lessons learned from COVID-19

Libertario Demi. J Acoust Soc Am. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a rapidly evolving field of application for ultrasound technologies. Especially during the current pandemic, many clinicians around the world have employed LUS to assess the condition of the lung for patients suspected and/or affected by COVID-19. However, LUS is currently performed with standard ultrasound imaging, which is not designed to cope with the high air content present in lung tissues. Nowadays LUS lacks standardization and suffers from the absence of quantitative approaches. To elevate LUS to the level of other ultrasound imaging applications, several aspects deserve attention from the technical and clinical world. This overview piece tries to provide the reader with a forward-looking view on the future for LUS.

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Figures

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
(Color online) LUS patterns that characterize the different score levels, as visualized when employing a convex (top) or linear (bottom) probe. Orange arrows indicate the location of the pleural line.
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