Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C48lZt7rxvX/ Parisian investigators affiliated with the Sorbonne report their pilot study using a sensitive vibrometer, the airborne ultrasound surface motion camera, AUSMC for short, to quantitate lung vibrations associated with speaking and breathing.  This non-invasive technique is in its infancy, but the concept of using both speech-generated vibrations and also those produced by vibration generators on the chest to help diagnose disease in the lungs and the voicebox may be of use…..someday soon. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/14/3/035033/3276143/Airborne-ultrasound-for-the-contactless-mapping-of #vibrations #ultrasound #ausmc #lung #larynx