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Echocardiography is ultrasonography of the heart. The procedure is usually performed by placing an ultrasound-emitting transducer against the chest (transthoracic echocardiography), but can also be undertaken using an ultrasound-emitting transducer on the end of a scope that is placed in the lower part of the oesophagus (transoesophageal echocardiography).
Vision–language models can be trained to read cardiac ultrasound images with implications for improving clinical workflows, but additional development and validation will be required before such models can replace humans.