The POCUS Atlas
Point-of-care ultrasound, loop by loop
The POCUS Atlas is a peer-reviewed, open collection of exemplary point-of-care ultrasound clips contributed by clinicians worldwide. Every clip in its image galleries is here as a case: watch the loop, commit to the finding, then read the contributor's own description.
- Loops
- 1324 loops
- Galleries
- 19 galleries
- Normals
- 166 normal studies
- Reviews
- 56 one-minute reviews
Adult galleries
Lung
A-lines, B-lines, sliding, consolidation, effusion and the lung point.
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Aorta
Aneurysm, dissection flap, rupture and the normal calibre from the diaphragm to the bifurcation.
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Echo anatomy
The standard windows, labelled and coloured: what every chamber looks like when nothing is wrong.
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Echo
Ventricular failure, pericardial disease, valves, the IVC, masses and the unusual.
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Bowel
Obstruction, appendicitis, free fluid, hernia and the peristalsis that tells you what the bowel is doing.
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Hepatobiliary
Gallstones, cholecystitis, the dilated duct, the liver and its vessels.
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Renal and bladder
Hydronephrosis in every grade, stones, cysts, the bladder and the ureteric jet.
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OB and gynaecology
Intrauterine pregnancy, the ectopic, fetal heart activity, the ovary and free fluid.
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MSK and soft tissue
Abscess versus cellulitis, tendons, fractures, effusions, foreign bodies and the dislocated joint.
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Ocular
Retinal and vitreous detachment, haemorrhage, the lens, the optic nerve sheath and the pupil.
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Trauma (FAST)
The FAST and eFAST windows: free fluid, haemothorax, pneumothorax and the pericardium after injury.
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Vascular
Compressibility, the clot that will not squash, superficial thrombosis, arterial pathology and access anatomy.
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Paediatric lung
The child's chest on ultrasound: consolidation, bronchiolitis patterns, effusion.
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Paediatric GI
Intussusception, pyloric stenosis, appendicitis and the child's abdomen at the bedside.
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Paediatric biliary
The child's gallbladder and liver at the bedside.
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Paediatric GU
The child's kidney, bladder and scrotum on ultrasound.
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Paediatric MSK
Hip effusion, fractures, soft-tissue infection and the child's joint.
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Paediatric orbit
The child's eye and orbit at the bedside.
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Paediatrics
The POCUS Atlas Jr mixed gallery: lung, abdomen, heart and more in children.
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Clips and captions are from The POCUS Atlas, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0. Each case names its contributor where the Atlas does, links to the clip's own page, and carries the non-commercial flag: this material is for free education and must be reviewed before any commercial use.
The diagnosis on each case is the contributors' label as published by the Atlas. RadSpace has not separately reviewed these loops, so there is no click-to-locate step: you name the finding on the whole clip and are scored on the answer and your calibration.