TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical, Safety, and Engineering Perspectives on Wearable Ultrasound Technology
T2 - A Review
AU - Song, Pengfei
AU - Andre, Michael
AU - Chitnis, Parag
AU - Xu, Sheng
AU - Croy, Theodore
AU - Wear, Keith
AU - Sikdar, Siddhartha
N1 - Manuscript received 31 October 2023; accepted 8 December 2023. Date of publication 13 December 2023; date of current version 15 July 2024. This work was supported in part by NIH under Grant 5U01EB027601; and in part by U.S. DoD under Grant W81XWH2010817, Grant W81XWH2010190, and Grant W81XWH-22-9-0016. (Corresponding author: Siddhartha Sikdar.) Pengfei Song is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Urbana\u2013 Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA (e-mail: songp. . .edu).
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Wearable ultrasound has the potential to become a disruptive technology enabling new applications not only in traditional clinical settings, but also in settings where ultrasound is not currently used. Understanding the basic engineering principles and limitations of wearable ultrasound is critical for clinicians, scientists, and engineers to advance potential applications and translate the technology from bench to bedside. Wearable ultrasound devices, especially monitoring devices, have the potential to apply acoustic energy to the body for far longer durations than conventional diagnostic ultrasound systems. Thus, bioeffects associated with prolonged acoustic exposure as well as skin health need to be carefully considered for wearable ultrasound devices. This article reviews emerging clinical applications, safety considerations, and future engineering and clinical research directions for wearable ultrasound technology.
AB - Wearable ultrasound has the potential to become a disruptive technology enabling new applications not only in traditional clinical settings, but also in settings where ultrasound is not currently used. Understanding the basic engineering principles and limitations of wearable ultrasound is critical for clinicians, scientists, and engineers to advance potential applications and translate the technology from bench to bedside. Wearable ultrasound devices, especially monitoring devices, have the potential to apply acoustic energy to the body for far longer durations than conventional diagnostic ultrasound systems. Thus, bioeffects associated with prolonged acoustic exposure as well as skin health need to be carefully considered for wearable ultrasound devices. This article reviews emerging clinical applications, safety considerations, and future engineering and clinical research directions for wearable ultrasound technology.
KW - Quantitative biomarkers
KW - ultrasonic imaging
KW - ultrasonic transducers
KW - wearable health monitoring
KW - wearable sensors
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U2 - 10.1109/TUFFC.2023.3342150
DO - 10.1109/TUFFC.2023.3342150
M3 - Article
C2 - 38090856
AN - SCOPUS:85179825178
SN - 0885-3010
VL - 71
SP - 730
EP - 744
JO - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
JF - IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
IS - 7
ER -