When most people think about an ultrasound, a hulking machine that gives doctors and parents views of a developing fetus typically comes to mind. But engineers are putting the technology—useful at ...

To provide women at a high risk of breast cancer with more frequent screenings between mammograms, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a wearable ultrasound ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new wearable ultrasound device that could revolutionize breast cancer detection, promising early diagnosis and ...

Until recently, if you needed an ultrasound scan, it meant a trip to a hospital or a specialist’s office with an expensive, stand-alone machine. That’s changing, thanks to a new device called the ...

Conformable ultrasound breast patch MIT researchers have designed a wearable ultrasound device that could detect breast tumours when they are still in early stages. (Courtesy: Canan Dagdeviren) A ...

Only a few months after unveiling its new dual-array hand-held ultrasound device—with FDA clearance already in hand—Clarius Mobile Health is venturing further afield. The Canadian company has added a ...

When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100 percent. However, for tumors detected in later stages, that rate drops to around 25 percent. In hopes of ...

For a vascular surgeon like John Martin, the chief medical officer of Butterfly Network, ultrasound imaging–crucial for everything from diagnosing cancer to identifying a baby’s gender–has forever ...

Medical equipment often makes for interesting teardown videos: the strict requirements imposed by certification bodies mean you’ll find good quality components and a high standard of design and ...

In hopes of improving the survival rate for breast cancer patients, researchers designed a wearable ultrasound device that could allow women to detect tumors when they are still in early stages. When ...