MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body

Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by pamelafox on Saturday July 30, 2022 @06:39PM (#32291085)

“ Then, Zhao envisions ultrasound stickers could be packaged and purchased by patients and consumers, and used not only to monitor various internal organs, but also the progression of tumors, as well as the development of fetuses in the womb.”

It would be amazing to be able to easily ultrasound the womb at any time. I get so anxious in the first months of pregnancy since I cant yet feel kicks to make sure the babys still okay. But if I could continuously check… well, it’d either squash my anxiety entirely car or amplify it to the extreme! Either way, it’d be a game changer.

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Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by Dashron on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:41PM (#32291502)

I'm sure it would amplify my anxiety!

My son was IVF so we already have images of him most parents would never see (e.g. blast stage), but having a long term ultrasound time lapse of those 9 months of my son would be pretty amazing.

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Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by haldujai on Saturday July 30, 2022 @09:15PM (#32292151)

I’m not sure how safe that would be. I’m a radiologist and we practice with a principle called “as low as reasonably achievable” to minimize harm.

While ultrasound is not ionizing radiation it does cause tissue heating. 24/7 ultrasound is a huge increase from our current practice and seems medically unnecessary beyond being “cool”.

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Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday July 31, 2022 @12:32AM (#32293189)

This sounds cooler than it is. I showed my son his ultrasounds… stills and videos. He didn’t care.

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Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by DougN7 on Sunday July 31, 2022 @02:12AM (#32293603)

Be patient, I’ll bet he appreciates them later in life.

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Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by Filligree on Sunday July 31, 2022 @07:32AM (#32294856)

I'm later in life. It's still not that interesting.

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Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by ant6n on Sunday July 31, 2022 @09:38AM (#32295393)

Baby pictures are mementos for the parents, not the kids.

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Re:MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body by Wowfunhappy on Sunday July 31, 2022 @01:22AM (#32293392)

What about a couple of times a day though? That's more than we do now but a lot less than "24/7". More than enough for a timelapse, I'd think.

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