Table 12: Commercially available POC devices in ultrasonology.

POC NAME MEASURED PARAMETERS TEST TIME IMPRECISION ACCURACY
Vscan Dual Probe (GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [364-366] deep vein thrombosis 7 minutes N/A r = 0.94
FibroScan (Echosens, Paris, France) [367] liver disease 10 minutes CV = 2.4 - 15.8% r = 0.94
ApneaLink® (ResMed, Sydney, Australia) pulse oximetry and oronasal flow 12 minutes N/A r = 0.67
Mindray M7 (Mindray Bio-Medical Co., Shenzhen, China) [368, 369] chronic heart failure, pneumonia, asthma,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary thromboembolism, acute renal failure
< 6 minutes N/A r = 0.90 - 1.00
Vscan™ (GE Healthcare) [370] kidney length, hydronephrosis, renal pelvis width, diameter of the largest cyst, presence of ureteral jet signs, prostate volume, post-void bladder volume 7 minutes N/A r = 0.07 - 0.81
Vscan™ (GE Healthcare) [371] heart and inferior vena cava < 3 minutes N/A r = 0.78
Vscan (GE Vingmed
Ultrasound, Horten, Norway) [372, 373]
left ventricular global systolic function, regional left ventricular dysfunction, right ventricular global systolic function, left atrial size, aortic calcification and stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation, pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, abdominal aorta, inferior vena cava, kidneys, liver and gallbladder < 11 minutes N/A r = 0.44 - 0.86
Vscan™ (GE Healthcare) [374] acute dyspnoea < 10 minutes N/A N/A
TEG® 5000 (Haemonetics Inc., Braintree, USA) [375, 376] thrombelastography Few minutes CV ≤ 2.1% r = 0.93