New Hand-held Ultrasound Scanner
NIH funded research resulted in the development of the Vscan, a palm-sized ultrasound scanner with color-flow Doppler that can quickly identify blood flow or heart problems. It can be used at the bedside, in an ambulance, or in low resource settings and is currently being sold in 100 countries.
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