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Review
. 2024 Apr;43(4):629-641.
doi: 10.1002/jum.16397. Epub 2024 Jan 3.

Lung Ultrasound Signs: The Beginning. Part 3-An Accademia di Ecografia Toracica Comprehensive Review on Ultrasonographic Signs and Real Needs

Riccardo Inchingolo  1 , Alessandro Zanforlin  2 , Danilo Buonsenso  3 , Tiziano Perrone  4 , Elena Torri  4 , Giuseppe Limoli  5 , Elisa Eleonora Mossolani  6 , Francesco Tursi  7 , Gino Soldati  8 , Giampietro Marchetti  9 , Paolo Carlucci  10 , Dejan Radovanovic  11 , Franziska Michaela Lohmeyer  12 , Andrea Smargiassi  1
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Review

Lung Ultrasound Signs: The Beginning. Part 3-An Accademia di Ecografia Toracica Comprehensive Review on Ultrasonographic Signs and Real Needs

Riccardo Inchingolo et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2024 Apr.

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, scientific literature and interest on chest/lung ultrasound (LUS) have exponentially increased. Interpreting mixed-anatomical and artifactual-pictures determined the need of a proposal of a new nomenclature of artifacts and signs to simplify learning, spread, and implementation of this technique. The aim of this review is to collect and analyze different signs and artifacts reported in the history of chest ultrasound regarding normal lung, pleural pathologies, and lung consolidations. By reviewing the possible physical and anatomical interpretation of these artifacts and signs reported in the literature, this work aims to present the AdET (Accademia di Ecografia Toracica) proposal of nomenclature and to bring order between published studies.

Keywords: artifacts; chest ultrasound; ultrasound anatomy; ultrasound physics; ultrasound signs.

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