Comparison of 6 handheld ultrasound devices by point-of-care ultrasound experts: a cross-sectional study
The overall satisfaction with image quality was rated highest with Vscan Air<sup>™</sup>, Lumify<sup>™</sup>, and Mindray TE Air<sup>™</sup>when acquiring right upper quadrant, apical 4-chamber, and superficial neck and lung views. No single handheld was perceived to be superior in image quality for all views. Vscan Air<sup>™</sup> was rated highest for overall ease of use and was the most preferred handheld for purchase by POCUS experts.
Authors
- Jessica Solis‐McCarthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2767-1926)
- Brandon Boesch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6092-1333)
- HENRY MAYO-MALASKY
- John Hunninghake
- Kreegan Reierson
- Amik Sodhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-4483)
- Nick Villalobos
- Gisela I. Banauch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1866-1662)
- Harald Sauthoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9258-4135)
- Taro Minami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-939X)
- Abhilash Koratala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5801-3574)
- Benji K. Mathews
- Ghassan Bandak
- Manpreet Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8173-9824)
- James R Verner
- Hannah Schmitz
- Michael Mader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0341-0641)
- Ricardo Franco‐Sadud
- Paul H. Mayo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-8194)
- Terry J. S. Lund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2005-4396)
- Firas Abbas
- Carolina Candotti
- Nilam J. Soni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8460-0323)
- Kevin C. Proud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-4069)
- Elizabeth K. Haro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3595-5432)
- Minh-Phuong T Le
- Timothy P. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9745-9683)
- Charles M. LoPresti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5810-2777)
- Meghan K. Thomas
- Alison Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6612-8408)
- Andre Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-3307)
- Joel Cho
- Ariadna Perez‐Sanchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4615-2812)
- Riya Soni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3382-8609)
- Tanping Wong
- Erik Manninen
- Neysan Pucks
- Federico Fenton Portillo
- Arsal Ashraf
- Gordon E. Johnson
Institutions
- Lincoln Medical Center (US)
- Regions Hospital (US)
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Westchester Medical Center (US)
- Texas A&M University – San Antonio (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Legacy Health (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- Washington State University Spokane (US)
- University of Phoenix (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System (US)
- Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (US)
- Emory University Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Queen's Medical Center (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System (US)
- University School (US)
- Cottage Health (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- HealthPartners (US)
- New York University (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Ultrasound Journal
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-024-00392-3
- Citations
- 29
- Primary Topic
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.23
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Kaiser Permanente
- Brown University
- Emory University
- University of Minnesota
- Washington State University
- University of Central Florida
- Case Western Reserve University
- School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
- University of South Carolina
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- York University
- Quality Enhancement Research Initiative
- School of Medicine, Emory University
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- VA National Center for Patient Safety