[Possibility of using vibration response imaging in resuscitation and intensive care]

Lung monitoring and visualization in intensive care unit (ICU) patients is a difficult task. Chest X-ray and auscultation are the most commonly used methods today. The new technique vibration response imaging (VRI) based on the vibration that is generated by airflow in the lung and that is its surrogate manifestation allows visualization of lung function. This method provides clinicians with an easy-to-use, non-radiation, non-invasive acoustic-based imaging technique of visual and quantitative evaluation of the lung. VRI objective dynamic image is a clinical addition to the existing static visual modalities used in the ICU.