title: The uses of diagnostic ultrasound in the thorax.
abstract: Modern real-time gray scale ultrasonography has contributed new diagnostic and therapeutic information in patients with diseases of the lungs and pleura. This article will discuss the ways in which ultrasound is most clinically useful in patients with thoracic disease.
mesh_terms: D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries; D004653:Empyema / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010996:Pleural Effusion; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D014463:Ultrasonography