This is the first “ultrasound system on a chip” being demonstrated at RSNA 2018 today. The Butterfly IQ ultrasound system consists of a transducer that connects to an iPhone or iPad to record ultrasounds. The system has 18 different applications for specialized images, including cardiac imaging, vascular, lung, abdominal and others. The apps allow for quantification and offers many of the features larger cart based systems. This example is showing a look at a kidney. This technology was picked a

A medical ultrasound is now a very common device found in hospitals, and used for many purposes. In the 1960s, the ultrasound was a new technology, and gave doctors a way of viewing a baby in its mother's womb, for the first time. This 1967 news report on the 'Echoscope' explains this new invention, and how it was set to revolutionize the medical field of obstetrics. | ABC Asia