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Ahmed El Kaffas, Jenny M Vo-Phamhi, John F Griffin, Kenneth Hoyt
The democratization of ultrasound imaging refers to the process of making ultrasound technology more accessible. Traditionally, ultrasound imaging has been predominately used in specialized medical facilities by trained professionals. Advancements in technology and changes in the health-care landscape have inspired efforts to broaden the availability of ultrasound imaging to various settings such as remote and resource-limited areas. In this review, we highlight several key factors that have contributed to the ongoing democratization of ultrasound imaging, including portable and handheld devices, recent advancements in technology, and training and education...
January 2, 2024: Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
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S P Shapla, M M Rahman, P Paul, M Begum, M R Debnath, F Jahan, A Ferdousi, T Saha, H Sultana, R Biswas
Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal pain in the general population and results in significant disability, quality of life impairment and financial burden to the health care system. This cross-sectional study was carried out among purposively selected 61 adult patients with shoulder pain and or limited range of motion in the Department of Radiology and Imaging, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh from September 2018 to August 2020 to determine the usefulness of USG in detection of common shoulder abnormalities, as an initial imaging modality using MRI as reference standard...
January 2024: Mymensingh Medical Journal: MMJ
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Jonathan Samet
Musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound is an exciting area of growth for pediatric radiology. It is very well suited for pediatrics as it has no radiation, needs no intravenous contrast or sedation, is painless, and parents are present during the exam for comfort. Many diagnoses that are traditionally made with CT and MRI can be confidently made with ultrasound. In fact, ultrasound is often more helpful than MRI in a growing number if indications. Gaining an understanding and appreciation for pediatric MSK ultrasound will give pediatric radiologists a very useful diagnostic tool to benefit their patients...
December 21, 2023: Clinical Imaging
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Andreas Haueise, Guillaume Le Sant, Angelika Eisele-Metzger, Angela V Dieterich
INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Approximately 21% of the world's population suffers from musculoskeletal conditions, often associated with sensations of stiff muscles. Targeted therapy requires knowing whether typically involved muscles are objectively stiffer compared to asymptomatic individuals. Muscle stiffness is quantified using ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE). Publications on SWE-based comparisons of muscle stiffness between individuals with and without musculoskeletal pain are increasing rapidly...
December 28, 2023: Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
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David Embers, Nicole T Yedlinsky
INTRODUCTION: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming more common as a diagnostic and clinical tool. Some medical schools have incorporated POCUS training in their curriculum. A family medicine clerkship during the third year of undergraduate medical education is appropriate for incorporating musculoskeletal (MSK) education. Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) is a potential tool for augmenting this teaching. METHODS: Third-year undergraduate family medicine clerkship students were given prework related to ultrasound physics, terminology, and sonographic appearance of MSK structures...
2023: PRiMER: Peer-Review Reports in Medical Education Research
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Yiyi Wang, Nuozhou Liu, Lingyan Zhang, Min Yang, Yue Xiao, Furong Li, Hongxiang Hu, Li Qiu, Wei Li
OBJECTIVES: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is the most prevalent coexisting condition associated with psoriasis. Early-stage PsA patients always present unspecific and subtle clinical manifestations causing delayed diagnosis and leading to unfavorable health outcomes. The application of ultrasound enables precise identification of inflammatory changes in musculoskeletal structures. Hence, we constructed ultrasound models to aid early diagnosis of PsA. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study carried out in the Department of Dermatology at West China Hospital (October 2018-April 2021)...
December 26, 2023: Rheumatology
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Mariam Haji-Hassan, Roxana-Denisa Capraș, Sorana D Bolboacă
Miniaturization has made ultrasound (US) technology ultraportable and, in association with their relatively low cost, made handheld devices attractive for medical education training programs. However, performing an ultrasound requires complex skills, and it is unclear whether handheld devices are suitable for the training of novices. Our study aimed to identify to what extent handheld US devices can be employed in medical undergraduates' and residents' education. We selected studies that evaluate the results obtained by students and/or residents who have participated in ultrasound training programs using handheld devices...
December 14, 2023: Diagnostics
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Asachi Parsa, Ghanem Ghadi, Burton Jason, Aintablian Haig, Chiem Alan
BACKGROUND: In long-distance spaceflight, the challenges of communication delays and the impracticality of rapid evacuation necessitate the management of medical emergencies by onboard physicians. Consequently, these physicians must be proficient in tools, such as ultrasound, which has proven itself a strong diagnostic imaging tool in space. Yet, there remains a notable gap in the discourse surrounding its efficacy in handling acute medical scenarios. This scoping review aims to present an updated analysis of the evidence supporting the role of ultrasound in diagnosing acute conditions within microgravity environments...
December 12, 2023: The ultrasound journal
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Stefan Cristian Dinescu, Doru Stoica, Cristina Elena Bita, Andreea-Iulia Nicoara, Mihaela Cirstei, Maria-Alexandra Staiculesc, Florentin Vreju
Ultrasonography (US) has become a valuable imaging tool for the examination of the musculoskeletal system. It provides important diagnostic information and it can also be very useful in the assessment of disease activity and treatment response. US has gained widespread use in rheumatology practice because it provides real time and dynamic assessment, although it is dependent on the examiner's experience. The implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the process of image recognition and interpretation has the potential to overcome certain limitations related to physician-dependent assessment, such as the variability in image acquisition...
2023: Frontiers in Medicine
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Iris-Melanie Noebauer-Huhmann, Filip M Vanhoenacker, Joan C Vilanova, Alberto S Tagliafico, Marc-André Weber, Radhesh K Lalam, Thomas Grieser, Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska, Jacky W J de Rooy, Olympia Papakonstantinou, Catherine Mccarthy, Luca Maria Sconfienza, Koenraad Verstraete, José Martel-Villagrán, Pavol Szomolanyi, Frédéric E Lecouvet, Diana Afonso, Omar M Albtoush, Giacomo Aringhieri, Remide Arkun, Gunnar Aström, Alberto Bazzocchi, Rajesh Botchu, Martin Breitenseher, Snehansh Chaudhary, Danoob Dalili, Mark Davies, Milko C de Jonge, Berna D Mete, Jan Fritz, Jan L M A Gielen, Geoff Hide, Amanda Isaac, Slavcho Ivanoski, Ramy M Mansour, Lorenzo Muntaner-Gimbernat, Ana Navas, Paul O Donnell, Şebnem Örgüç, Winston Rennie, Santiago Resano, Philip Robinson, Hatice T Sanal, Simone A J Ter Horst, Kirsten van Langevelde, Klaus Wörtler, Marita Koelz, Joannis Panotopoulos, Reinhard Windhager, Johannes L Bloem
OBJECTIVES: Early, accurate diagnosis is crucial for the prognosis of patients with soft tissue sarcomas. To this end, standardization of imaging algorithms, technical requirements, and reporting is therefore a prerequisite. Since the first European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) consensus in 2015, technical achievements, further insights into specific entities, and the revised WHO-classification (2020) and AJCC staging system (2017) made an update necessary. The guidelines are intended to support radiologists in their decision-making and contribute to interdisciplinary tumor board discussions...
December 7, 2023: European Radiology
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Ashley Elliott, Gary Wright, Adrian Pendleton, Madeleine Rooney
INTRODUCTION: Enthesitis is a hallmark of psoriatic disease, but its clinical assessment is problematic in terms of diagnostic sensitivity and overlap with other comorbid conditions. Ultrasound is a useful tool that can give a more detailed assessment of enthesitis. Research demonstrates that those with persistent ultrasound entheseal disease are at risk of progressive articular damage. With limited data to guide choice between biologic therapy for psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients, we wanted to assess the response of ultrasound-confirmed enthesitis to different forms of biologic therapies and study its utility in making more informed decisions...
2023: Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
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Ronald Steven Adler
During the past four decades, musculoskeletal ultrasound has become popular as an imaging modality due to its low cost, accessibility, and lack of ionizing radiation. The development of ultrasound technology was possible in large part due to concomitant advances in both solid-state electronics and signal processing. The invention of the transistor and digital computer in the late 1940s was integral in its development. Moore's prediction that the number of microprocessors on a chip would grow exponentially, resulting in progressive miniaturization in chip design and therefore increased computational power, added to these capabilities...
October 2023: Journal of Ultrasonography
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Maria Tarsia, Mojca Zajc Avramovič, Ana Gazikalović, Damjana Ključevšek, Tadej Avčin
In recent years, imaging has become increasingly important to confirm diagnosis, monitor disease activity, and predict disease course and outcome in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Over the past few decades, great efforts have been made to improve the quality of diagnostic imaging and to reach a consensus on which methods and scoring systems to use. However, there are still some critical issues, and the diagnosis, course, and management of JIA are closely related to clinical assessment. This review discusses the main indications for conventional radiography (XR), musculoskeletal ultrasound (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while trying to maintain a clinical perspective...
November 28, 2023: Pediatric Radiology
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Disparities Between Prenatal Ultrasound and Autopsy Findings in Pregnancies Resulting in Fetal Loss.
Eliel Kedar Sade, Daniel Lantsberg, Moriel Tagar Sar-El, Sheizaf Gefen, Eldad Katorza
OBJECTIVES: This retrospective study aimed to assess disparities between prenatal ultrasound and autopsy findings in pregnancies that resulted in fetal loss, and to evaluate the diagnostic performance of prenatal ultrasound using postmortem examinations as a gold standard. METHODS: Our study included 136 autopsy cases following a fetal loss that occurred at our tertiary medical center for 8 years. A comparison between the prenatal ultrasound and autopsy findings was made, and all cases were classified according to the degree of agreement...
November 22, 2023: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
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Beth H Schaeffer, Wendy K Anemaet, Allison L Arnold, Autumn B Brabham, Nancy K Groom, Cassidee R Moore
BACKGROUND: Core musculature is important for efficiency during activities including running. Both abdominal muscle strength and endurance contribute to this efficiency. The purpose of this study is to determine what differences and relationships exist in abdominal muscle thickness, strength, and endurance among persons who are runners, active, and inactive. HYPOTHESIS: Persons in the running group would show significantly greater abdominal muscle thickness, muscle strength, and muscle endurance compared with those in the nonrunning groups...
November 20, 2023: Sports Health
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Scott Meester, Brenden J Balcik, Nicholas Chill, Justin Lockrem, Aaron J Monseau
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significantly impacted National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletics, with specific concerns for cardiac involvement after infection. Pericardial abnormalities have been seen in up to 39.5% of athletes after COVID-19 infection, while myocardial involvement has been reported at a lower rate of 2.7%. To date, myocardial injury has been seen in 0.6% to 0.7% of athletes when using symptom screening and imaging as clinically indicated, which increases to 2...
November 19, 2023: Sports Health
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Filip M Vanhoenacker
Because of the increased life expectancy, the aging population can participate in recreational sports activities. The fact that activity is promoted as having a positive effect on mental and physical health is another factor that may contribute to a trend of increased participation in sports activities by middle-aged and older patients. Due to age-related degeneration of tendons, muscles, joints and decreasing Bone Mineral Density, the musculoskeletal (MSK) system in the aging patient is more vulnerable to trauma...
November 1, 2023: Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
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Da-Sol Kim, Nanhee Song, Dongwon Lee, Gi-Wook Kim
Ultrasound contrast agents are clinically used for diagnosis of internal organs, but ultrasound contrast agents are rarely applied clinically in musculoskeletal disorders. Our study aims to comparatively analyze the differences between ultrasonographic images through peri-injury injection of the clinically used microbubble and researched nanoparticle contrast agents in various muscular injury models. To compare contrast-enhanced images in different muscle injury models, we prepared groups of rats with sham, laceration, punch, contusion, and toxin injection injuries...
October 26, 2023: Diagnostics
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Markus Herbert Lerchbaumer, Maximilian Perschk, Clemens Gwinner
BACKGROUND: Ultrasound (US) has numerous applications in sports traumatology. The technical progress of mobile US devices has led to increasing use of ultrasound as a primary diagnostic tool. New applications such as elastography and 3 D vascularization are used for special indications. METHOD: The purpose of this review is to present the current status of ultrasound in the diagnosis of sports injuries and sport traumatology including established applications and new technical advances...
November 9, 2023: RöFo: Fortschritte Auf Dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin
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Ji Lin, Alissa Burge, Qian Li, Christian Geannette, Theodore T Miller
OBJECTIVE: To determine if diagnostic ultrasound can reliably distinguish between synovial patterns of prosthetic joint infection and polymeric wear in total knee replacements. METHODS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was approved by our hospital IRB. Using the radiology report database, MR examinations performed within a week of diagnostic ultrasound and/or ultrasound-guided aspiration were identified. This yielded (1) 24 cases with MR and ultrasound comparisons; (2) 44 cases with MR, ultrasound, and aspiration comparisons; and (3) 92 cases with ultrasound and aspiration comparisons...
November 6, 2023: Skeletal Radiology
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