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ReviewAnnual review of biomedical engineering2024

Critical Advances for Democratizing Ultrasound Diagnostics in Human and Veterinary Medicine.

Ahmed El Kaffas, Jenny M Vo-Phamhi, John F Griffin, Kenneth Hoyt

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Review in Annual review of biomedical engineering, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Survey of the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) among veterinarians in Quebec, France, and Belgium.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. AI-Enhanced POCUS in Emergency Care.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  7. Enhancing dromedary camel (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026
    Review
  8. Advancements in Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging: A Narrative Review.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
    Review
  9. Ultrasonography as an example of changing technology in veterinary medicine.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2024
    Article
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ahmed El KaffasDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Jenny M Vo-PhamhiDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
John F GriffinDepartment of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Kenneth HoytDepartment of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

Funding

Three-Dimensional Multi-Parametric Ultrasound for Monitoring Therapy of Liver MetastasisR01CA195443 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ahmed El Kaffas · 2016 to 2026
$3.6M
Multifrequency ultrasound imaging for improved breast tissue characterizationR01CA269973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI HOYT, KENNETH · 2022 to 2025
$2.8M
Multiparametric ultrasound imaging for early detection of nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseR01DK126833 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI HOYT, KENNETH · 2021 to 2024
$1.6M
3D Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging for Cancer Detection and Treatment MonitoringR01EB025841 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI HOYT, KENNETH · 2019 to 2022
$1.3M
Development of Molecular Microbubble Probes and Ultrasound-Guidance in Immunotherapeutic StrategiesR21EB029046 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI EL KAFFAS, AHMED · 2020 to 2022
$632k
Remote Intravascular Pressure Sensing using UltrasoundR21EB034441 · NIBIB · TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION · PI HOYT, KENNETH · 2023 to 2025
$411k
Novel Mechano-Acoustic Enhancement of ImmunotherapyR21CA256708 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI EL KAFFAS, AHMED · 2022 to 2023
$403k
Noninvasive Pressure Estimation in Breast Cancer using UltrasoundR21CA212851 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI HOYT, KENNETH · 2017 to 2018
$366k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA195443NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269973NCI NIH HHS R21 CA212851NCI NIH HHS R21 CA256708NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB025841NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB029046NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB034441NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK126833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The democratization of ultrasound imaging refers to the process of making ultrasound technology more accessible. Traditionally, ultrasound imaging has been predominately used in specialized medical facilities by trained professionals. Advancements in technology and changes in the health-care landscape have inspired efforts to broaden the availability of ultrasound imaging to various settings such as remote and resource-limited areas. In this review, we highlight several key factors that have contributed to the ongoing democratization of ultrasound imaging, including portable and handheld devices, recent advancements in technology, and training and education. Examples of diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) imaging used in emergency and critical care, gastroenterology, musculoskeletal applications, and other practices are provided for both human and veterinary medicine. Open challenges and the future of POCUS imaging are presented, including the emerging role of artificial intelligence in technology development.

Indexed as

Point-of-Care SystemsUltrasonographyVeterinary MedicineAnimalsArtificial IntelligenceHumansdiagnostic imagingglobal healthpoint-of-care ultrasoundultrasound

Identifiers

PMID38166185
PMCPMC11238906

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