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.

SDK Release

We plan to release the first public version of the SDK by the end of June.

In the News

CNBC Street Smarts Interview

NBC news coverage: WIFE Video

Washington University News and Communications

St. Louis Post Dispatch

Washington University in St. Louis Record

Washington Post

SonoWorld

Outdoor Rugged Blog

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

e! Science News

Science Daily

Cellular News

Bio-Medicine

Technology Review

PCMag.com

5 Innovative Ways Cell Phones Are Being Used To Save Lives

New York Times

MobileActive.org

WirelessDoc

Blogs

Dave's Blog and Twitter and Facebook

Videos

NBC news coverage
Demo on a Rugged Hand-Held --- Another, but higher resolution
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.

Tutorials

As some demo units are now in the field, here are two videos that are short tutorials on the phone/probe/software (V2.4x) combination. Sorry about the poor quality video, but I think they are still useful. I'll redo these with a better camera in a bit.