title: [Echoscopy].
abstract: The clinical use of pocket size ultrasound devices is still at an early stage. Its performance has been studied and proven in cardiology, gynecology, and gastroenterology. It is expected that the image quality will improve and that more techniques for miniaturized devices will be available in the near future. The perspective will be that more and more clinicians will have “echoscopes” as a bedside tool, replacing or complementary to a “stethoscope”. The term “echoscopy” was defined by the European Federation of Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB). Echoscopy is one form of point of care ultrasound (POCUS). Teaching material has been prepared by EFSUMB on how to use it (www.efsumb.org).
authors.affiliation: 1 Medizinische Klinik 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Würzburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Christoph F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.affiliation: 2 Medical Department, Helios Klinikum Meiningen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hocke
authors.affiliation: 3 Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Braden
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: Leitlinien; Mobiler Ultraschall; Notfallsonografie; Point of Care; Tumor; appareil à ultrasons de poche; guidelines; heart; liver; lung; pocket size ultrasound; ultrasonographie; ultrasonographie au point de service; échoscopie