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Because ultrasound works by passing sound waves through tissue and measuring their return by deflection on a surface back to the ultrasound probe. Bone is a high density material, so reflects a high fraction of the sound waves back to the probe, making it difficult to measure different density. The lungs are filled with air, which a low density material, so the sound waves pass through the lung, and a small fraction are deflected, which makes visualising tissue very hard.
This answer is now in the museum of history of medicine. Ultrasound is very useful for lung examination in patients. It is now possible to quickly examine a patient for pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, ARDS and many other diseases. Please go to Google and search for "Lessnau".
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