Will mobile ultrasound detect a revolution?

This compact ultrasound device capable of displaying clear black-and-white images on smartphones is expected to revolutionize cancer diagnosis.

Scientists at Butterfly Network Company, in Connecticut, USA, have introduced the product 'Butterfly IQ' - a compact ultrasound device capable of displaying clear black-and-white images on smartphones . With this device, the patient simply takes out of the bag, plugs in and uses it simply. This is arguably the first portable cancer ultrasound system, helping to provide a affordable medical solution.

Dr. John Martin is holding an ultrasound device that he believes can revolutionize diagnosis, especially cancer. Thanks to a device called Butterfly IQ, Dr. Martin discovered a malignant tumor at the base of his tongue, along with several metastases in his neck.

He said that normally he would have ignored the small tumor, but because the cancer detector was so simple, he could start treatment much earlier, thereby avoiding chemotherapy.

'Butterfly IQ' is about the size of an electric trimmer.

Dr. John Martin, Medical Network Director of Butterfly Network, said: 'While testing the device for a license from the US Food and Drug Administration, I discovered a small lump in my neck. I was about to ignore this, the doctors often did. But I found myself holding an ultrasound system, so I checked it out. I put the phone to my neck and looked at the phone to find the cancer. I diagnosed myself with cancer. '

Normally, sound waves are created by the vibration of crystals. However, Butterfly Network engineers used a semiconductor chip instead of a crystal, because it is cheaper and more universal.

Butterfly Network was founded by Jonathan Rotberg, an entrepreneur specializing in transforming semiconductor technology to be biologically appropriate. Previously, he invented a method of programming DNA on an IC. It took him 8 years to put the concept of ultrasound into a product to market. Instead of crystals, he used a capacitive ultrasound probe, a tiny radiation generator, covered with a semiconductor that's about the size of a postage stamp.

The images that the Butterfly IQ handheld offers are not as sharp as those of a specialized medical scanner, but they can be used anywhere and anytime.

Connect and display photos on iPhone.

Butterfly IQ is used in conjunction with an application on a mobile phone or tablet. Doctors and patients can view the results of live ultrasound.

Butterfly Network said it was the world's first handheld full-body ultrasound device, making diagnostic imaging much easier and much cheaper than before.

Dr. John Martin adds: 'This is a time machine, it is ahead of time. I diagnosed the disease immediately, thereby reducing the time for treatment, because I discovered it early. I think the Butterfly machine can do the same for millions of people around the world. '

Doctors and patients can view the results of live ultrasound.

According to the World Health Organization WHO, between half and two-thirds of the global population does not have the facilities to take ultrasound images.Butterfly Network has cooperated with many partners to solve this problem.

Together with Healthbridge of Canada, the company has recently traveled to remote villages in Uganda and Kenya to train local doctors using ultrasound imaging techniques to diagnose a range of conditions such as inflammation. lungs in children.

Dr. Martin said that the Butterfly machine can improve disease diagnosis in poor countries like in rich countries.

'Unbelievable. In developing countries, one in every 90 seconds dies from complications of childbirth. Most of the serious problems pregnant women face can be solved with a simple ultrasound. We have done that, ' said Dr. Martin confidently.

This handheld ultrasound device has been used by thousands of doctors in the US, since it was launched in 2018.

According to Butterfly Network, this handheld ultrasound device has been used by thousands of doctors in the US, since the device was launched in 2018.

Across the Atlantic, Dr. Jonny Wilkinson is also using the Butterfly in the intensive care unit of Northampton General Hospital in Central England. He said the device has completely changed the way doctors diagnose and treat the disease, because it is much easier to use than conventional bulky devices.

Dr Jonny Wilkinson said: 'It is extremely difficult to push the ultrasound to a patient for an ultrasound or to take pictures in an urgent situation. With this device, you can take it out of your pocket, plug it in, and you can do ultrasound. It completely changes the way patients are treated. '

Butterfly IQ completely changes the way patients are treated.

Hand ultrasound butterfly machine is currently priced at $ 2,000, 20 times cheaper than conventional ultrasound. Butterfly Network said that it will soon be enhanced with augmented reality technology to capture images further, promising to make great advances in medicine.