Evaluation of a novel handheld point-of-care ultrasound device in an African emergency department

Abstract Background Many point-of-care ultrasound devices are now “pocket-sized” or handheld, allowing easy transport during travel and facilitating use in crowded spaces or in austere low-resource settings. Concerns remain about their durability, image quality, and clinical utility in those environ...

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Published in:	The Ultrasound Journal
Main Authors:	Samuel L. Burleson, Jonathan F. Swanson, Erin F. Shufflebarger, Douglas W. Wallace, Matthew A. Heimann, James C. Crosby, David C. Pigott, John P. Gullett, Maxwell A. Thompson, Christopher J. Greene
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2020-12-01
Subjects:	Point-of-care ultrasound Handheld Butterfly iQ Resource-limited settings Emergency Tropical infectious disease
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-020-00200-8

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