Author: Adam Gowdy, William Wilson, Shahin Salim / Editor: Sarah Edwards / Codes: SLO6 / Published: 01/09/2025
We review some frequently encountered artifacts in everyday scanning.
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Key Learning Points
- Ultrasound artifacts are encountered daily in clinical practice and may be a source of confusion on interpretation.
- Mirror image artefact occurs at a highly reflective surface and appears to show the same structure on both sides of the surface.
- Edge artefact are shadows that occur deep to the curved walls (lateral on screen) of rounded structures, such as blood vessels, gallbladder, bladder, cysts etc.
References
- Goel A, T R, Murphy A, et al. Mirror image artifact. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org [Accessed on 08 Jul 2024]
- Hindi A, Peterson C, Barr R G. Artifacts in diagnostic ultrasound. Reports in Medical Imaging, 2013. pp.29-48.
- Middleton WD, Kurtz AB, Hertzberg BS. The Requisites: Ultrasound, 2nd ed. St Louis: Mosby; 2004.
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Image 1 – RUQ view in EFAST scanning1 [Courtesy of the authors]
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Which artefact is being utilised in this image of the urinary bladder?
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