Radiation Exposure Early in Life Can Be Reduced by Lung Ultrasound Luigi Cattarossi, MD, Roberto Copetti, MD, Besa Poskurica, MD  CHEST  Volume 139, Issue 3, Pages 730-731 (March 2011) DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2338 Copyright © 2011 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 A, Normal lung of a term infant. Note the regular pleural line and the horizontal artifacts (A lines). B, The presence of vertical artifact (ULCs) expression of increased extravascular lung fluid. C, Coalescent ULCs with echographic white-lung expression of severe alveolar interstitial syndrome due to the presence of a very high amount of lung fluid both in the interstitium and in the alveoli. ULC = ultrasound lung comet. CHEST 2011 139, 730-731DOI: (10.1378/chest.10-2338) Copyright © 2011 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions