Cristina D’Alessandro, PCP BA(Hons)
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Ian R. Drennan, ACP, Phd
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Joseph Newbigging, MD, CCFP (EM) FCFP
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Amer M. Johri, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASE
Portable ultrasound is a burgeoning technology with unrealized potential at a critical point in its evolution [1]. Francis Galton first generated ultrasound waves in 1876; however, it wasn’t until 1940 that ultrasound was first applied to clinical medicine [2]. Reaching a “tipping point”, ultrasound is being rapidly assimilated into many medical specialties beyond radiology, now in the hands of non-radiologist, non-cardiologist novel users [2].