Ultrasound artifacts
Last revised by Dagnechew Degefu
on 7 Jun 2023
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Citation:
Goel A, Degefu D, Chaker S, et al. Ultrasound artifacts. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-31476
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31476
Article created:
12 Oct 2014,
Ayush Goel
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Last revised:
7 Jun 2023,
Dagnechew Degefu
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Synonyms:
- Ultrasonographic artefacts
- Ultrasonographic artefact
- Sonography artifacts
- Sonography artifact
- Ultrasonic artefacts
- Ultrasonic artefact
- Sonographic artifact
- Sonographic artifacts
- Sonographic artefact
- Sonographic artefacts
- Sonogram artefact
- Sonogram artefacts
- Sonogram artifacts
- Sonogram artifact
- USG artifact
- USG artifacts
- USG artefact
- USG artefacts
- Ultrasonography artifact
- Ultrasonography artifacts
- Ultrasonography artefacts
- Ultrasonography artefact
- Sonography artefact
- Sonography artefacts
- USS artefacts
- USS artifacts
- US artefacts
- US artifacts
- Ultrasound artefacts
- Ultrasound artefact
- US artifact
- US artefact
- USS artifact
- USS artefact
- Ultrasonic artifact
- Ultrasonic artifacts
- Ultrasonographic artifact
- Ultrasonographic artifacts
Ultrasound artifacts are commonly encountered and familiarity is necessary to avoid false diagnoses. In some cases, specific artifacts can even offer valuable diagnostic information. For instance, some artifacts may be indicative of certain pathologies. They are not to be confused with ultrasound probe defects, which represent hardware failure.
Artifacts
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hardware-related artifacts
References
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- Baad M, Lu Z, Reiser I, Paushter D. Clinical Significance of US Artifacts. Radiographics. 2017;37(5):1408-23. doi:10.1148/rg.2017160175 - Pubmed
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Articles:
- Acoustic shadowing
- Point-of-care ultrasound (curriculum)
- Pulse repetition frequency
- Beam width artifact
- Mirror image artifact
- A-line (ultrasound)
- Side lobe artifact
- Acoustic enhancement
- Bedside lung ultrasound in emergency (approach)
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
- Comet tail artifact
- Radiological image artifact
- Twinkling artifact
- Ring down artifact
- Reverberation artifact
- Double aorta artifact (ultrasound)
- Speed displacement artifact
- Bayonet artifact
- Speckle artifact
- Ultrasound probe defect
Cases:
- Intratesticular foreign body
- Prostatic brachytherapy seeds and comet tail artifact
- Colloid nodule (thyroid)
- Testicular microlithiasis
- Calcified hepatic granulomata
- Menstrual cup
- Acute calcific periarthritis - wrist
- Ultrasound artifact
- Foreign body (nail in elbow)
- Multiple biliary hamartomas
- Appendix mucocele
- Urinary bladder calculus
- Mirror image artifact
- Foreign body in palm
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