Editorial

Dear Colleagues,

It is a pleasure to introduce the present issue of Ultrasound International Open.

It contains an updated overview of how handling ultrasound systems, fundamental adjustments, and their optimization in B-mode ultrasound provided by Dr. Zander and colleagues.

Vito Cantisani

In addition, EFSUMB Experts published an interesting paper entitled Ultrasound Curricula of Student Education in Europe: Summary of the Experience. They provided the current situation at European universities regarding the integration of ultrasound technique in student medical education reporting student ultrasound training models selected from different European universities. According to the results presented, only a minority of European universities has integrated ultrasound into the preclinical curriculum thus far. The experts conclude that future EFSUMB initiatives will continue to promote the introduction of ultrasound as an integrative part of the core curriculum of student medical education, and the preparation of proper teaching material.

Dr. Arneberg et al. reported on prospective evaluation on how much Confident and effective are Medical Students to Identify Abdominal Structures After Integrated Ultrasound Sessions.

To conclude, interesting case reports discussing the role of US and diagnostic pitfalls in diagnosisng Placental Mesenchymal Dysplasiaand Ultrasound-Guided Cryoablation of Renal Grafts Tumors are presented.

We hope these papers will be appreciated by you as

they were by us.

Prof. Vito Cantisani

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Publication History

Article published online:
07 October 2020