Quantifying lung aeration in neonatal lambs at birth using lung ultrasound

• Main Authors: Emily J. Pryor (Author), Douglas A. Blank (Author), Stuart B. Hooper (Author), Kelly J. Crossley (Author), Shiraz Badurdeen (Author), James A. Pollock (Author), Andrew V. Stainsby (Author), Linda C. P. Croton (Author), Dylan W. O'Connell (Author), Christopher J. Hall (Author), Anton Maksimenko (Author), Daniel Hausermann (Author), Peter G. Davis (Author), Marcus J. Kitchen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundLung ultrasound (LUS) is a safe and non-invasive tool that can potentially assess regional lung aeration in newborn infants and reduce the need for X-ray imaging. LUS produces images with characteristic artifacts caused by the presence of air in the lung, but it is unknown if LUS can accur...