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Table 4 Suspected reasons for inadequate quality images

From: Empowering the willing: the feasibility of tele-mentored self-performed pleural ultrasound assessment for the surveillance of lung health

Anatomic Location

Reason for Image Inadequacy

Left lower anterior chest

Previous median sternotomy with pericardiotomy and cardiac surgery

Right lower back

Technical issue where patient video image obscured the ultrasound image on the recorded video

Right middle back

Technical issue where patient video image obscured the ultrasound image on the recorded video