Determining the Validity of ThinkSono Guidance for Ultrasound Image Acquisition and Remote Detection
The purpose of this study is to confirm the safety and efficacy of ThinkSono Guidance, a software data collection and communication tool designed to collect ultrasound data to help detect blood clots in veins. The ThinkSono system is CE Mark approved in the European Union and in clinical use in Europe. Usually, when an ultrasound is conducted to detect blood clots in veins, a sonographer (trained technologist who conducts ultrasounds) and/or radiologist will conduct the procedure, including a compression ultrasound exam, and the scan may require a bulky cart and ultrasound equipment. ThinkSono Guidance is a mobile software application that enables other healthcare professionals such as nurses, non-radiologist physicians including general practitioners, and other allied healthcare professionals to perform the ultrasound at the point of care using guidance from the software app. This is a multi-site non-randomized, double-blinded, prospective cohort pivotal study.
• The participant is willing to provide written informed consent to participate in this research.
• The participant is over the age of 18
• The participant has symptoms suggestive of a deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
• The diagnostic DVT algorithm indicates that an ultrasound is needed