Ultrasound Imaging: A Silent Hero in COVID-19 and Lung Diagnostics
Ultrasound Imaging: A Silent Hero in COVID-19 and Lung Diagnostics
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超声成像：COVID-19 和肺部诊断领域的无声英雄
DOI：
10.1109/tuffc.2020.3031444
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发表时间：
2020
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Qifa Zhou
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作者：
A. Yu;L. Demi;Marie Muller;Qifa Zhou
在新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行之后，世界一直在与致命的传染病进行持久战。截至2020年10月，COVID-19病毒已袭击全球超过37百万人，并夺走超过100万人的生命。自COVID-19爆发以来，超声成像在促进COVID-19患者的初步诊断和管理合并症方面发挥了重要作用。与其他医学成像工具相比，超声在其多功能性，便携性和成本效益方面表现突出。因此，超声波已被广泛部署为急诊医学和重症监护中的即时护理模式，用于诊断COVID-19患者的呼吸健康。除了在COVID-19诊断中的应用外，近年来超声成像在肺部诊断的其他领域也引起了极大的兴趣。如今，肺部超声研究人员正在积极设计新的算法、技术和硬件，以提高超声在肺部临床中的诊断价值。
In the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the world has been engaged in a protracted battle against a deadly infectious disease. As of October 2020, the COVID-19 virus has struck over 37 million people globally and has taken over 1 million lives. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, ultrasound imaging has played a major role in facilitating primary diagnosis and in managing the comorbidities of COVID-19 patients. As compared to other medical imaging tools, ultrasound is distinguished in its versatility, portability, and cost-effectiveness. Accordingly, ultrasound has been widely deployed as a point-of-care modality in emergency medicine and in critical care for diagnosing the respiratory health of COVID-19 patients. In addition to its use in COVID-19 diagnostics, ultrasound imaging has gained significant interest in recent years in other areas of lung diagnostics. Nowadays, lung ultrasound researchers are actively devising new algorithms, techniques, and hardware to enhance ultrasound’s diagnostic value in lung clinics.