Novice-performed point-of-care ultrasound for home-based imaging

Abstract Patient-performed point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) may be feasible for use in home-based healthcare. We investigated whether novice users can obtain lung ultrasound (LUS) images via self-scanning with similar interpretability and quality as experts. Adult participants with no prior medical...

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Main Authors: Nicole M. Duggan, Nick Jowkar, Irene W. Y. Ma, Sara Schulwolf, Lauren A. Selame, Chanel E. Fischetti, Tina Kapur, Andrew J. Goldsmith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24513-x