Lung ultrasound can be a more cost-effective and quick method for emergency medicine doctors to diagnose and treat patients. According to Situ-LaCasse, a single portable lung ultrasound probe may ...

Lung ultrasound can be particularly useful in rural emergency departments (EDs), as many lack CT scan capabilities or have limited access to COVID-19 testing.

Investigators compared the diagnostic performance of lung ultrasound (LUS) performed with a portable hand-held device with chest x-ray (CXR) in patients at high-risk for COVID-19. For a definitive ...

Ask any trauma surgeon and emergency physician and they will tell you: Ultrasound is better than X-ray at showing findings such as a collapsed lung and fluid in the lung.

An Italian doctor at the front lines of the COVID-19 epidemic, desperate for a better way to triage patients in danger of respiratory failure, is trying lung ultrasounds.

We found lung ultrasound to be a good predictor of the need for intensive care with endotracheal intubation and the risk of death for COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency room.

This is where artificial intelligence (AI) comes in. Already transforming many industries, AI is beginning to reshape ...

Primary Source American College of Emergency Physicians Source Reference: Gibbons R "Lung ultrasound versus chest x-ray for the diagnosis of COVID-19" ACEP 2020; Abstract 6.

Artificial intelligence can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images much like facial recognition software can spot a face in a crowd, new research shows.

Artificial intelligence can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images much like facial recognition software can spot a face in a crowd, new research shows. The findings boost AI-driven medical ...