Re:New Startup Raises $100M for Portable Ultrasound
by Otik on Monday November 03, 2014 @07:11AM
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This is the sort of tool that will find loads of uses in different areas if it's cheap, portable and flexible.
I can imagine engineers using it to examine materials, plant scientists looking at plant growth or builders using it to find out where different things are located in walls.
The price in medicine is mostly not the hardware but the required expertise to analyse the data. Ultrasound imaging is not easy. The american health system is very expensive though, a ultrasound is around 50 euro's here.
That said, 3D ultrasound can have tons of other applications not just in diagnostic medicine. Real time surgcial feedback in soft tissue, yes please!