The initial version of these devices could make it easier to get a peek at someone’s internal organs.
MIT has revealed an «ultrasound sticker» that can offer medical workers a peek at a patient’s internal organs without requiring them to use the bulky equipment they rely on today.
The university describes the ultrasound sticker as «a stamp-sized device that sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours.» Experiments with these itty-bitty monitors showed that they were capable of producing «live, high-resolution images of major blood vessels and deeper organs such as the heart, lungs, and stomach.»
MIT says the goal is to create «wearable imaging products that patients could take home from a doctor’s office or even buy at a pharmacy.
