TY - JOUR
AU - Osaka, Yoshimune
AB - Osaka JA Clinical Reports (2019) 5:43 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40981-019-0263-9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Open Access “SLIME” on the probe cover provides better-quality ultrasound images without water-soluble gel Yoshimune Osaka To the Editor, peeled off easily from the probe without sticking which is dif- While performing ultrasonography for ultrasound-guided ferent to gel (Fig. 1e, f) and is reusable. It is safe, unless the nerve block, an ultrasound transmission gel (water-soluble borax comes in direct contact with the skin. gel) is used to obtain good-quality ultrasound images. Air en- tering between the probe and probe cover interferes with the Conclusions quality of the ultrasound images; however, it is sometimes The ultrasound image quality using SLIME is as equiva- difficult for beginners to prevent entry of air underneath the lent as to that using water-soluble gel. In addition, probe cover. On the other hand, the use of gel makes the SLIME as the probe cover might be easy even for begin- probe sticky after the procedure. While a directly glued ultra- ners to eliminate entry of air and to treat the probe after sound probe cover without the use of gel has been reported the procedure. [1], it is expensive. We have found that 
TI - “SLIME” on the probe cover provides better-quality ultrasound images without water-soluble gel
JF - JA Clinical Reports
DO - 10.1186/s40981-019-0263-9
DA - 2019-07-03
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/slime-on-the-probe-cover-provides-better-quality-ultrasound-images-GbUHCjegRM
SP - 1
EP - 2
VL - 5
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -