The Ultrasound Journal

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The Official WINFOCUS' Journal.
TUJ is an international, peer-reviewed journal designed for clinicians using point-of-care ultrasound in any environment or setting.
The Ultrasound JournalDec 16

Tele-Ultrasound: What the Data Show

A review of 6,051 papers → 18 studies across 11 countries found:
• Strong diagnostic performance (agreement up to 100%)
• Positive provider experience
• Good patient acceptance
• Cost savings

Tele-ultrasound is feasible and clinically meaningful — when supported by proper technology.

#TeleUltrasound #Ultrasound #POCUS #MedicalScience #DigitalHealth #RemoteCare #CriticalCare #MedTech

The Ultrasound JournalDec 13

Doppler for Deresuscitation Readiness

• Discontinuous IRVF → 4× odds of success
• 87% sensitivity
• VExUS 2–3 → high specificity, low sensitivity
• IRVF ↓ correlates with ↓ NT-proBNP

IRVF reflects bedside physiology — not long-term outcomes.

Useful for when to remove fluids, not what will happen after.

#CriticalCare #POCUS #Ultrasound #RenalDoppler #FluidManagement #MedicalScience #ICU

The Ultrasound JournalDec 13
⚡ AI is reshaping Lung Ultrasound.
Lung ultrasound (LUS) is powerful, but inherently subjective.
This international, multi-center study demonstrates that AI models can grade LUS severity with expert-level performance.
#AI #LungUltrasound #POCUS #MedicalAI #DeepLearning
#MedTech #HealthcareInnovation
The Ultrasound JournalDec 12
New data show that a brief 4-hour training (lecture + supervised scans) allows medical students, ICU nurses, and residents to measure optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) with accuracy comparable to experts.
Only nurse students had higher variability.
This supports wider adoption of ONSD as a noninvasive tool for early detection of elevated intracranial pressure — even beyond specialist teams.
#POCUS #Ultrasound #NeuroPOCUS #CriticalCare #ICU #MedicalScience #MedEd
The Ultrasound JournalDec 1
ACEI angioedema can hit at any time—skip the adrenaline, think Icatibant.
Takotsubo recovery can trigger DLVOTO; avoid adrenaline and always echo-monitor.
For LVOT gradients, know your jets: MR is rounded, LVOT is dagger-shaped.
IABP can help or hurt in shock—expert echo guidance is key! #Cardiology #MedicalScience #Echocardiography #Takotsubo #ACEi #Angioedema #ICu #MedEd #ClinicalCare #HeartHealth #MedMastodon #HealthTech
The Ultrasound JournalDec 1
Obesity raises brain pressure.
Bariatric surgery lowers it.
Your BMI talks — your brain @francescocorradi #Neuroscience #NeurocriticalCare #ICp #Obesity #BrainHealth
#BariatricSurgery #MetabolicHealth #Physiology #MedicalResearch
#SciComm #HealthScience #Medicine #CriticalCare
The Ultrasound JournalNov 27
✨ Pilot study highlight:
Using advanced CUDI processing (regularization, motion correction, SVD filtering), we showed that spatiotemporal similarity analysis outperforms TIC fitting in distinguishing RCC tumors from normal parenchyma.
A promising step toward more accurate, noninvasive RCC diagnosis.#Ultrasound #CUDI #Radiomics #RCC #KidneyCancer #MedicalImaging
#ContrastEnhancedUltrasound #AIinMedicine #DeepLearning
#OncoImaging #ImagingInnovation #MedTech #ResearchUpdate
The Ultrasound JournalNov 25
📌 RV dilation is a pattern, not a diagnosis.
📌 RV size must always be interpreted within hemodynamics.
📌 Shock phenotypes can overlap — and mislead.
#theultrasoundjournal
The Ultrasound JournalNov 23
CEUS might just change the game in maternal–fetal imaging. 🌸
It gives a real-time look at placental perfusion, finds vessels smaller than 100 μm, and does it all safely.
A glimpse into the future of pregnancy imaging — precision, safety, and next-gen tech working together. 💡🫶
The Ultrasound JournalNov 22
When β-HCG levels are low, standard ultrasound struggles to tell what’s really going on — early pregnancy, miscarriage, or ectopic? 🤔
That’s where contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) steps in: higher tissue resolution, better differentiation, clearer answers.
Our study used the updated 3500 mIU/mL cutoff and showed how CEUS can reveal what traditional scans miss.
Real innovation for early pregnancy care. 💡✨
#TheUltrasoundJournal #POCUS #CEUS