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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Daylight Sonography: Clinical Relevance of Color-Tinted Ultrasound Imaging.

Christoph F Dietrich, Matthias Wüstner, Christian Jenssen, Daniel Merkel, Jörg S Bleck

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Christoph F DietrichUniversity Hospital Frankfurt, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt, D 60590 Frankfurt/M., Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6015-6347
Matthias WüstnerCentral Interdisciplinary Sonography, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier, D 54942 Trier, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2068-5222
Christian JenssenBrandenburg Institute for Clinical Ultrasound (BICUS) at Brandenburg Medical University, D 16816 Neuruppin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7008-6650
Daniel MerkelBrandenburg Institute for Clinical Ultrasound (BICUS) at Brandenburg Medical University, D 16816 Neuruppin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9615-3017
Jörg S BleckUltrasound-Division, INI-International Neuroscience Institute Hannover, D 30625 Hannover, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Daylight sonography refers to the technique of using color-tinted, brightness and contrast-controlled B-mode ultrasound images optimized for well-lit environments. Originally introduced as Photopic ("Tageslichtsonographie", Daylight sonography) by Siemens, this approach addresses the limitations of grayscale imaging under ambient light conditions. With the growing emphasis on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and mobile diagnostics, daylight-compatible imaging modes such as Photopic Mode have become increasingly relevant since they are performed under daylight conditions. This paper explores the technical background, visual physiology, clinical applications, implementation challenges, and future perspectives of daylight sonography, advocating for broader use and standardization. Standardization, further clinical validation, and integration with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are essential to fully realize the potential of daylight sonography in routine practice.

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color scalesdaylight conditionsphotopic visionsonographyultrasound

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PMID41302097
PMCPMC12653298

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