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Looks similar to the Philips Lumify: https://www.lumify.philips.com/web/ https://www.lumify.philips.com/web/
by drtse4 8y ago
Looks similar to the Philips Lumify: https://www.lumify.philips.com/web/ https://www.lumify.philips.com/web/
- nixgeek 8y agoOne-time purchase cost of Lumify is closer to $8,000 USD or a $199/mo subscription (which leaves you never owning the transducer). At $2,000 this is a lot cheaper which will hopefully drive wider deployment. Even in more developed countries, wider-scale use of imaging would be amazing: primary care being able to directly use ultrasound without referral to a specialist, and with smart image analysis, could cut diagnosis times significantly. In my case I waited 3 weeks for an US appointment on the NHS and that could have been avoided entirely.
- car 8y agoThe Butterfly Networks US requires a $39/mo. subscription for the cloud data storage, at least for the first year. Not sure after that.
- pragone 8y agoWell, point of care ultrasound (which is what the butterfly is for) can often lead to formal ultrasonography to be read by a radiologist. However, it can increase time to initial treatment, and depending on the level of skill of the user can sometimes prevent the need for formal ultrasound, but not always.
- walshemj 8y agoTrue enough but would your GP have the specialist knowledge for all possible uses of ultrasound is the real issue.
- JohnWatsman 8y agoThey are also lowering the bar for knowledge required to successfully operate the probe: "Computer vision algorithms ingest footage from the handset’s camera and detect the probe’s location in real time, directing users through augmented reality (AR) prompts precisely where to position it. (Butterfly calls it “Tele-Guidance”.)"
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