Reply to Raimondi et al.: Pediatric chest ultrasound versus conventional radiology: Experimental evidence first

摘要

We do appreciate the efforts of the authors in their reply 1 to our article 2. We applaud them in their quest to develop ultrasound of the chest, and in doing so advertising their research for the first time in a journal of paediatric imaging.We must point out, however, some limitations from analysis of their articles. Artefacts, which are not directly convertible into images of the human body, and small foci of parenchymal echogenicity, along with abnormalities along the pleural surface of the lung, are used as biomarkers in an attempt to use direct comparison with the clinical signs. The authors imply that US may be a more sensitive indicator of pathology than the chest radiograph (the current reference standard).