• By Mark Wilson
    Oct 21, 2009 6:40 PM 9,688
    read more: #health, #gevscan, #ultrasound, #ge, #vscan, #cellphones, #smartphones, #science

    The GE Vscan Is Like a Having Ultrasound on a Cellphone

    What features do you look for in a cellphone? Camera? GPS? 3G? Ultrasound?

    Technically the GE Vscan is not a cellphone, but it certainly resembles any old lamshell on the market today. Instead, the Vscan a pocket-sized ultrasound intended to reduce the amount of patient referrals (and thereby expenses) by making ultrasounds convenient enough to be performed in-house (and by house, we mean individual doctor's offices, not your house...yet).
    I can't speak to the healthcare logistics at work, but I do know that moms love seeing photos of kids on their cellphones. Now if only this bad boy were linked to Picasa we'd really have something. [GE Reports]


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