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 Resaerch also published a white paper on this technology.
• Was shown at the 2009 World Health Care Congress in Washington D.C., April 14-16. The poster is here.

In the News

• NBC news coverage: WIFE Video

• Washington University News and Communications

• Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

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

• Example Phones
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  Palm Treo 800w

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  Toshiba G900

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  Microsoft Fone+

• Example Probes
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  GP 5.0 MHz

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  MV 7.5 MHz

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  EC 8 MHz

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  OP 12 MHz

• Example Applications
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  Portable, cell phone-based imaging

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  Portable, remote imaging in Africa

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  Muscle analysis for drug delivery

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  Veterinary applications

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  Demonstrating the cell phone ultrasound system to Nobel Laureate Dr. Mohammad Yunus