Science news articles about 'ultrasound devices'

... a National Science Foundation fellow, creates ultrasound devices that are smaller, more powerful and many times less expensive than today's models. Devices today can weigh 30 pounds and cost $ ...

A researcher at Dalhousie University is developing an ultrasound device so small, it could travel through the eardrum, onwards through the middle ear and then rest against the inner ear. The device ...

... medical research team at Dalhousie University is developing a miniature ultrasound device small enough to pass through an eardrum as part of work on new technologies to diagnose and treat ...

... 2008. In order to make commercial USB ultrasound probes work with smartphones, the researchers had to optimize ... inch by three inches. A typical, portable ultrasound device may cost as much as $30,000 ...

Handheld ultrasound probe is used in conjunction with a Windows-based mobile phone.

... drugs to particular locations within the body. Ultrasound devices can image tumors deep inside ... library reading room by allowing their hearing device to adjust to different auditory scenes automatically ...

... for this deadly disease, according to cancer researchers. The treatment, administered through an ultrasound device, demonstrates a safer and more effective way of targeting cancer-causing genes in ...

... brachial artery, located in the upper arm, is restricted by a blood pressure cuff and released. An ultrasound device measures how well the blood vessel responds to the sudden increase in flow, with ...

... against bone disorders that affect millions of Americans will soon receive a boost from an ultrasound device being developed by space biomedical researchers. The technology under development will ...