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There is a lot of hate in these comments for this being a surprisingly cheap and potentially disruptive technology. I was just having a lengthy discussion with
by marknadal 9y ago
There is a lot of hate in these comments for this being a surprisingly cheap and potentially disruptive technology.
I was just having a lengthy discussion with an ultrasound technician last week. He himself admitted that:
1) The classes he found for free on YouTube were just as good as his technical training and certification.
2) These new smaller devices are actually superior to the older/larger machines because the signal is processed locally rather than remotely (on the machine through the cable). He said he regularly has to deal with interference/noise from the cable itself.
The $2K price point is half anything else I have seen on the market. But I also suspect they'll be able to get this 10X cheaper within 4 years.
If nobody bothered doing this, this was going to be on my bucketlist of companies to start. It has massive potential, I'm glad somebody else is paving the way though.
Finally, medical imaging like this has already been proven to be a sweet spot and a hotbed for the modern day AI wave (even if we have another winter, it is the right tech for the right time). Similar fields, such as skin conditions, etc. has seen AI expertise trained and accurate well beyond even first world doctors.
This is a game changer for sure.