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> A one day class can cover ...probably not much more than a 1 day C++ course would offer a random person. :) That's nowhere near what a farmer needs to read
by close04 8y ago
> A one day class can cover
...probably not much more than a 1 day C++ course would offer a random person. :)
That's nowhere near what a farmer needs to read much into an ultrasound. It takes a medical student years of learning (medicine) topped by a lot of practice and experience in imaging until they are useful in actually reading an image. And even a 1-2 day course costs thousands of dollars.
It would be a massive expense for very little real life benefit. I'm guessing AI and a remote doctor would do better. I kept reading a lot of good news recently about AI helping with diagnostics in medical imaging so I guess we can't be too far.
- tonyarkles 8y agoOver the weekend I had a veterinarian tell me that he wasn’t capable of properly interpreting an ultrasound! He did an x-ray and saw something concerning, but being Easter weekend there were no ultrasound techs in the office. I had to take my cat to a different clinic, where a pro successfully figured out what was going on. I agree fully that a 1-day course isn’t going to be enough here. Radiologists go to school for a while to get good at both the imaging part and the interpretation part.