Ultrasound transducer with dynamic visual aid improves out-of-plane vascular access: a feasibility study

Harm J Scholten; Yomi Hoever; Elke Kanters; Tamara Hoveling; Marco de Wild; Erik H M Korsten; R Arthur Bouwman

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2022.05.037

Ultrasound transducer with dynamic visual aid improves out-of-plane vascular access: a feasibility study

Br J Anaesth. 2022 Sep;129(3):e69-e71. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.05.037. Epub 2022 Jul 9.

Authors

Harm J Scholten¹, Yomi Hoever², Elke Kanters³, Tamara Hoveling³, Marco de Wild³, Erik H M Korsten⁴, R Arthur Bouwman⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Electronic address: harm.scholten@catharinaziekenhuis.nl.
² Department of Anaesthesiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Department of Anaesthesiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
³ Department of IGT and Ultrasound Devices & Systems, Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Department of IGT and Ultrasound Devices & Systems, Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

PMID: 35817614
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.05.037

No abstract available

Keywords: arterial catheterisation; dynamic visual aid; out-of-plane; phantom study; technical development; ultrasound-guided vascular access; venous catheterisation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Audiovisual Aids
Catheterization, Central Venous*
Catheterization, Peripheral*
Feasibility Studies
Humans
Transducers
Ultrasonography, Interventional