Cell Phone SDK

The World's First Ultrasound Machine Based on a Cell Phone

Working under a Microsoft Research grant, Cell Phone as a Platform for Healthcare, we modified commercially available USB ultrasound probes to work with a smart phone and developed the SDK presented, here.

• This work was presented at TEPR+ in February, 2009: Presentation
• This work was presented at Microsoft Research TechFest 2009 on February 25-26.
• Microsoft Research also published a white paper on this technology.
• Highlighted at Microsoft Research web page
• Was shown at the 2009 World Health Care Congress in Washington D.C., April 14-16. The poster is here.
• NBC news coverage: WIFE Video

Blogs

• Dave's Blog

Videos

• NBC news coverage
• Demo - A complete demo of two phones
• First Demo
• Tissue Phantom - This is a simple phantom image of a series of pins and a few cyst-like structures. The phantom is old and dried out, but it gives you a sense of the capabilities of the system.
• Carotid Artery - A demo showing the carotid artery being imaged on the cell phone.
• Tissue Phantom - A demo using a standard tissue phantom.

Images

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