超聲波檢查或許不久即可用于診斷胸廓出口綜合征(TOS)，根據2006年2月末在San Diego(CA, USA)舉行的美國疼痛控制學會年會(AAPM)的一篇發言說，這種方法價格經濟而且更加迅速可靠。

在他的AAPM會議上的發言中，Sheldon E. Jordan醫生講解了他使用超聲波檢測TOS的研究結果，他是加州大學洛山磯分校(UCLA; USA)神經病學臨床副教授。這種疾病能夠能夠導致手和上肢麻木與疼痛，這是由于斜角肌三角之間壓迫而形成的，這已經成為充滿爭議的問題。與腰椎間盤損傷一樣，胸廓出口綜合征的解剖學病變在那些沒有被診斷出來的患者中已經十分典型，而且不一定總是表現為疼痛，這就使得影像學檢查變得十分復雜。
 
Ultrasound Valuable in Diagnosing Thoracic Disorder
 
Ultrasound imaging may soon make diagnosing thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) less expensive, quicker, and more readily available, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) in late February 2006 in San Diego (CA, USA).

In his presentation at the AAPM, Sheldon E. Jordan, M.D., clinical associate professor of neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA; USA), discussed his study’s findings on the use of ultrasound to diagnose TOS. The syndrome, which causes numbness and pain in the hand and forearm because of compression in the interscalene triangle, has been a controversial topic. Similar to lumbar disc damage, anatomic findings of thoracic outlet syndrome are typical in undiagnosed individuals and are not always associated with pain, which makes imaging-based diagnosis more complex.