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'Pocket' ultrasound to beam scans to iPhones
Doctors in Southampton have become the first in the UK to use a pioneering ‘pocket’ ultrasound probe which beams scans instantly to an iPhone or iPad.
Known as the Butterfly iQ, the technology allows clinicians ‘unprecedented and immediate access’ to imaging in life-saving situations and is currently being used by Southampton’s children's intensive care doctors.
The small devices are fitted with a single silicon chip the size of a postage stamp and come with a mobile app that interprets images using artificial intelligence. In addition to being used routinely on the paediatric intensive care unit, additional probes will be used on the retrieval ambulances which bring critically-ill young patients to Southampton and for educational and training purposes.
Dr Michael Griksaitis, a consultant in the PICU, said: “This device is a game-changer for us. It is portable, quick, easy to use and provides immediate ultrasound in life saving situations – such access is unprecedented. It allows us to scan hearts, lungs, brains, vessels and tissue using an iPhone or iPad as the screen and, although we are using it for babies and children, it can be used for all ages.”
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