Prospective evaluation of novice‐acquired three‐dimensional point‐of‐care ultrasound for carotid stenosis.

The authors discuss a study that examines the diagnostic accuracy and interreader reliability of novice-acquired three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) point-of-care for evaluation of extracranial carotid artery stenosis. Highlights include the low cost and portability of 3DUS by two-dimensional augmentation, training of operators to acquire volumes spanning from skull base to base of the neck to improve field of view, and roll-and-yaw correction using existing sensor data.