Cargando…
Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives
BACKGROUND: Nowadays, ultrasound techniques have not gained importance in the diagnosis and monitoring of lung pathologies yet because of the high mismatch in acoustic impedance between air and intercostal tissues. However, it is evident that B-mode imaging provides important information on pulmonar...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2014
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24834347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-9-27 |
_version_ | 1782316219950432256 |
---|---|
author | Demi, Libertario Demi, Marcello Smargiassi, Andrea Inchingolo, Riccardo Faita, Francesco Soldati, Gino |
author_facet | Demi, Libertario Demi, Marcello Smargiassi, Andrea Inchingolo, Riccardo Faita, Francesco Soldati, Gino |
author_sort | Demi, Libertario |
collection | PubMed |
description | BACKGROUND: Nowadays, ultrasound techniques have not gained importance in the diagnosis and monitoring of lung pathologies yet because of the high mismatch in acoustic impedance between air and intercostal tissues. However, it is evident that B-mode imaging provides important information on pulmonary tissue, although in the form of image artifacts. FINDINGS: Notwithstanding medical evidences, there exists no ultrasound-based method dedicated to the lung, hampering de facto the full exploitation of ultrasound potentials. A chance is given by the experience acquired in other fields, where acoustic attenuation is used to estimate concentrations of suspended particles in liquids and of air-bubbles in aerated foods. CONCLUSIONS: Custom hardware must be developed since commercial echographic equipment has been optimized to work with low acoustic impedance mismatches, and, in general, does not provide the primitive radiofrequency (RF) signals nor the possibility to tune key acquisition parameters such as ultrasound carrier frequency and pulse bandwidth, which are surely needed for our application. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-4021331 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2014 |
publisher | BioMed Central |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-40213312014-05-16 Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives Demi, Libertario Demi, Marcello Smargiassi, Andrea Inchingolo, Riccardo Faita, Francesco Soldati, Gino Multidiscip Respir Med Short Report BACKGROUND: Nowadays, ultrasound techniques have not gained importance in the diagnosis and monitoring of lung pathologies yet because of the high mismatch in acoustic impedance between air and intercostal tissues. However, it is evident that B-mode imaging provides important information on pulmonary tissue, although in the form of image artifacts. FINDINGS: Notwithstanding medical evidences, there exists no ultrasound-based method dedicated to the lung, hampering de facto the full exploitation of ultrasound potentials. A chance is given by the experience acquired in other fields, where acoustic attenuation is used to estimate concentrations of suspended particles in liquids and of air-bubbles in aerated foods. CONCLUSIONS: Custom hardware must be developed since commercial echographic equipment has been optimized to work with low acoustic impedance mismatches, and, in general, does not provide the primitive radiofrequency (RF) signals nor the possibility to tune key acquisition parameters such as ultrasound carrier frequency and pulse bandwidth, which are surely needed for our application. BioMed Central 2014-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4021331/ /pubmed/24834347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-9-27 Text en Copyright © 2014 Demi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Demi, Libertario Demi, Marcello Smargiassi, Andrea Inchingolo, Riccardo Faita, Francesco Soldati, Gino Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives |
title | Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives |
title_full | Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives |
title_fullStr | Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives |
title_short | Ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives |
title_sort | ultrasonography in lung pathologies: new perspectives |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24834347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-9-27 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT demilibertario ultrasonographyinlungpathologiesnewperspectives AT demimarcello ultrasonographyinlungpathologiesnewperspectives AT smargiassiandrea ultrasonographyinlungpathologiesnewperspectives AT inchingoloriccardo ultrasonographyinlungpathologiesnewperspectives AT faitafrancesco ultrasonographyinlungpathologiesnewperspectives AT soldatigino ultrasonographyinlungpathologiesnewperspectives |