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Ultrasound Diagnostic Procedure Health Risks - Articles
The Cellphone As a Platform in Healthcare for low cost ultrasound scanning
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Fri 31 Dec 2010 6:25am
smartphone to connect to an ultrasound probe via USB, in effect turning it into a fully functional, portable ultrasound system. It uses the computing power of the phone to process and render images, and the built-in cellular or Wi-Fi radios to transmit data. The result is a system that is extremely portable, connected, and affordable, which brings ultrasound
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How IVF doctors misuse ultrasound scanning
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Thu 17 Jun 2010 3:00am
A vaginal ultrasound scan has now become a routine part of the work of an infertile woman, because it provide so much useful information. Unfortunately, many IVF specialists misuse this simple technique.
I have seen patients who have been advised donor eggs by IVF doctors, because their "ovaries looked small" on the vaginal scan done
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Scientists to test ultrasound as a male contraceptive
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Healthy Solutions
Posted
Wed 12 May 2010 7:15am
BBC News Scientists are beginning tests to see if ultrasound can be used as a reversible contraceptive for men.
The ultrasound waves stop sperm production in the testes
Based on early work, University of North Carolina experts believe a blast of ultrasound to the testes can safely stop sperm production
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8 Week UltraSound
by
MTHFR and Me
Posted
Fri 18 Sep 2009 10:51pm
I had our 8 week ultrasound yesterday and everything went GREAT!! We are having another ultra sound done on the 25 th. The baby is measuring 15.6 mm and the little heart is beating strong. We even saw the baby move on the ultrasound. It was AWESOME!!!! God is an AWESOME God!!
Thank you for all the prayers. They have really helped. Please keep them
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Computer model improves ultrasound imaging
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Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M.
Posted
Tue 25 Nov 2008 11:08am
by refining the sonography equipment, the transducer that generates the ultrasound and the imaging method, according to Delft release.
However, this requires a computer model...
London: Doctors rely on ultrasound to determine the health of organs and other internal structures of the body. Now a Dutch researcher has developed a computer model
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The Cell Phone Ultra-Sound – Video about How and Where It Works
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Medical Quack
Posted
Thu 14 May 2009 5:01pm
The video offers additional information on the Cell Phone Ultra Sound. As stated, Microsoft funded the research to develop the functionality with Windows Mobile Cell Phones... technology can turn a cell phone into an ultra sound scanner, with William D. Richard, Washington University in St. Louis; Barry Goldberg, Jefferson Radiology Institute; and CNBC's
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Endoscopic UltraSound Day
by
winnyninnypoopoo
Posted
Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:03pm
Pre Procedure Torture Chamber
Had my Endoscopic Ultrasound done today, at a hospital outpatient center I had never been to. The people there were great, the doctor doing... saying there was inflammation, but someone wrote chronic pancreatitis on the envelope that had my ultrasound images in it. I suspect that will be the diagnosis, but will wait
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Portable Vscan Ultra-Sound From GE is Now Available for Purchase
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Medical Quack
Posted
Mon 15 Feb 2010 7:09pm
After GE announced the product in October 2009it is now available for purchase for healthcare professionals. To find more information on the productyou can visit the website Vscan portal. I looked around a bit and there’s an informational video that describes what you receive with your purchase and gives you an overall product view of how it ...
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Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone
by
Adam Chee
Posted
Thu 14 May 2009 5:02pm
This blog post is similar to a previous entry on Cell Pphone Technology Set To Deliver Diagnostic Imaging (back on the 8th May 2008).
It would seem that the Washington University in St. Louis have coupled a USB-based ultrasound probe with a smartphone, creating a mobile, compact computational and medical imaging platform.
William D. Richard, PhD
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