Portable Ultrasounds: Media behind the curve
I saw the AP article on today's edition of our local paper, but here's USAToday's version: "Market grows for portable ultrasound".
As I've proposed before with USB ultrasound, we're still not at home level Ultrasound. If you look at the photo in the above article, it seems you need a specialized machine but I believe the same functionality can be implemented with video game controller (Wii might be really cool) and USB Ultrasound wand. Or better yet, how about Wiimote + Ultrasound "nunchaku" (on Wii, there is a secondary controller, called "nunchaku," which is attached to the main Wiimote and allows for extra controls). This will allow the user to stick the Ultrachaku to the body part in question with one hand and manipulate the image on the screen with the main Wiimote controller with the other hand. Any game player could do this: hmm, a pre-teen ultrasound tech?
Copyright 2007, DannyHSDad, All Rights Reserved.
As I've proposed before with USB ultrasound, we're still not at home level Ultrasound. If you look at the photo in the above article, it seems you need a specialized machine but I believe the same functionality can be implemented with video game controller (Wii might be really cool) and USB Ultrasound wand. Or better yet, how about Wiimote + Ultrasound "nunchaku" (on Wii, there is a secondary controller, called "nunchaku," which is attached to the main Wiimote and allows for extra controls). This will allow the user to stick the Ultrachaku to the body part in question with one hand and manipulate the image on the screen with the main Wiimote controller with the other hand. Any game player could do this: hmm, a pre-teen ultrasound tech?
Copyright 2007, DannyHSDad, All Rights Reserved.
Labels: ultrasound portable, user interface, wii
posted by DannyHSDad at
6:26 AM
