Riccardo Inchingolo, Alessandro Zanforlin, Danilo Buonsenso, Tiziano Perrone, Elena Torri, Giuseppe Limoli, Elisa Eleonora Mossolani, Francesco Tursi, Gino Soldati, Giampietro Marchetti, Paolo Carlucci, Dejan Radovanovic, Franziska Michaela Lohmeyer, Andrea Smargiassi
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...
January 3, 2024: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine