Low cost, portable ultrasound probe for notebook computers
This ultrasound imaging system is designed as a peripheral to a standard notebook computer. The prototype unit has been developed by a group at the Japan National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, working with the Hiroshima Institute of Technology.
The unit can be used in health care or beauty facilities, or even in the home, to visualize the key components of the body (muscles, bones, subcutaneous fat) and give fat and muscle measurements. It is hoped that this technology will help to prevent elderly people from being confined to their beds.
Users connect Ubiquitous Echo to their personal computers and use the included software to collect detailed information about specific parts of the body. The ultrasonic echography equipment traditionally used in medical examinations is prohibitively expensive and too large to be used by health care and beauty facilities or in the home. This new machine is small, lightweight, and inexpensive and can even be put into a bag along with a laptop computer and carried around.
No pricing estimates are stated, but it is likely to be much less expensive than standalone ultrasound systems, in addition to being much more portable.
This might be a good addition to a mobile health unit or a field health center.
A newly created business called Global Health will work to bring it to market.
Links:
via Medgadget
pls sir
kindly send me the price of ultrasons machine
thank
dr mike
i need the price.
Also check out
http://www.dmsww.com
for similar equipment that is shipping, today, and is FDA approved.
can I have more information on the probe and the software, including prices
Thank you
I am not personally involved with the ultrasound probe project, so you would need to contact the Global Health people directly. Their website is in Japanese, but also provides English translations.
http://www.globalhealth.co.jp/e/contact.html
Dear How much to get this Low cost, portable ultrasound probe for notebook computers, and how i can get it in Cairo EGYPT. Also I will be in Singapore and KualaLumpur from 12 to 20 august this year. can I have it . Please reply
I would like to find a portable ultrasound system or probe … I have heard of the logic 100 and 400…. I wonder if you have telephone numbers for people who might sell these devices in the USA?
I have 2000 USD or maybe a little more to spend.
thank you… please respond soon!
Zeke torres
310 774 1357