USB Ultrasound

SonoSite was brought up on Barron's Insight in the Sunday papers. They make $45K portable sonar (notebook like devices). I'm waiting to see a USB ultrasound scanner which will plug into x86 PC or Mac and since it contains flash memory, all the software will be installed automatically onto the computer as needed. This software will connect to the internet and download the scanned images to a professionally staffed (in India?) site where the interpretation would be made and maybe even a CD/DVD would be created of the images/video and sent to you. It would be like a rental: you get it via mail, plug it and scan and send it back. The data would be sent back (if no internet) and few days later you'll get professional report + DVD. For pregnant women, it would be sent once a month and the service company will track progress of your pregnancy. For extra fee, you can get a live medtech or doctor do the analysis online and your relatives (with password access) can connect and join in (or husband busy at work or remote on a business trip).

Of course, a more expensive option is to buy the whole thing and keep the equipment yourself. You can get interpretation live or overnight depending on how much you want to pay. Or figure out for yourself!