Use of ultrasound in the developing world

S Sippel, K Muruganandan, A Levine… - International journal of …, 2011 - Springer
As portability and durability improve, bedside, clinician-performed ultrasound is seeing
increasing use in rural, underdeveloped parts of the world. Physicians, nurses and medical …

The use of portable ultrasound devices in low‐and middle‐income countries: a systematic review of the literature

DM Becker, CA Tafoya, SL Becker… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To review the scientific literature pertaining to the use of hand‐carried and hand‐
held ultrasound devices in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMIC), with a focus on clinical …

An integrated ultrasound curriculum (iUSC) for medical students: 4-year experience

RA Hoppmann, VV Rao, MB Poston, DB Howe… - Critical Ultrasound …, 2011 - Springer
A review of the development and implementation of a 4-year medical student integrated
ultrasound curriculum is presented. Multiple teaching and assessment modalities are …

The evolution of an integrated ultrasound curriculum (iUSC) for medical students: 9-year experience

RA Hoppmann, VV Rao, F Bell, MB Poston… - Critical ultrasound …, 2015 - Springer
Interest in ultrasound education in medical schools has increased dramatically in recent
years as reflected in a marked increase in publications on the topic and growing attendance …

Lung ultrasound characteristics of community‐acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children

VA Caiulo, L Gargani, S Caiulo, A Fisicaro… - Pediatric …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background The diagnosis of community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is based mainly on
the patient's medical history and physical examination. However, in severe cases a further …

Lung water assessment by lung ultrasonography in intensive care: a pilot study

G Baldi, L Gargani, A Abramo, L D'Errico… - Intensive care …, 2013 - Springer
Objective To investigate the accuracy of lung ultrasonography (LUS) in the quantification of
lung water in critically ill patients by using quantitative computed tomography (CT) as the …

[HTML][HTML] Usefulness of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in children

MC Ho, CR Ker, JH Hsu, JR Wu, ZK Dai… - Pediatrics & Neonatology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Pneumonia is a life-threatening disease in children. With the current lack of
universal diagnostic criteria, the diagnosis is usually made on clinical manifestations and …

[HTML][HTML] Point-of-care ultrasound assessment of tropical infectious diseases—a review of applications and perspectives

S Bélard, F Tamarozzi, AL Bustinduy… - The American journal …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The development of good quality and affordable ultrasound machines has led to the
establishment and implementation of numerous point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) protocols …

A review of training opportunities for ultrasonography in low and middle income countries

LN LaGrone, V Sadasivam… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To review the current training opportunities for ultrasound use for health workers
practising in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Methods A PubMed search using …

Enhanced point‐of‐care ultrasound applications by integrating automated feature‐learning systems using deep learning

H Shokoohi, MA LeSaux, YH Roohani… - Journal of ultrasound …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) in health care
include enhanced diagnostic imaging modalities to support clinical decisions and improve …