Re:Butterfly iQ – A cheap handheld ultrasound tool with AI s...
by agumonkey on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @03:14PM
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So just as I needed reassurance this pops up https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15595269
timely :)
One of the main health issue is waiting to fix an issue. Cost and exam delay are both factors into letting things sink deeper.
Also, lots of medical tech is IMO (feel free to take me down on this one) stuck into analog electronics and physics of the past[1]. Namely one way information live flow. Today we may be able to compensate through software logic. Think super resolution algorithms used in space exploration. Now just think how neat it would be to make use of these smartphone GPUs for once .
[1] don't get me wrong, they did breathtaking thinking most of the time, but it's a difficult art and not necessarily the best solution today.