Does ultrasonography provide advantages over traditional fluoroscopy in evaluating diaphragmatic motion?
Ultrasonography is a practical and advantageous alternative to fluoroscopy for assessing diaphragmatic motion, avoiding ionizing radiation.
Ultrasonography proved feasible and useful in evaluating diaphragmatic motion. In our practice it has replaced fluoroscopy. Ultrasonography has advantages over traditional fluoroscopy, including portability, lack of ionizing radiation, visualization of structures of the thoracic bases and upper abdomen, and the ability to quantify diaphragmatic motion.
Gerscovich et al. (Fri,) studied this question.