When Butterfly Network first began rolling out its handheld ultrasound scanners in 2018, much of the focus was on providing tools to parts of Africa and Latin America, where access to large and more ...

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Healthcare in developing nations is a problem just aching for a solution. But it’s a big problem. Chipping away at that predicament is a company called Oscadi. Oscadi has created a piece of hardware, ...

With the right device, it appears the iPhone can even detect cancer. John Martin, the chief medical officer for Butterfly Network was testing out a device called Butterfly iQ, a small imaging machine ...

More than 40 percent of women in the United States have dense breast tissue, which can make it more difficult to detect potential cancers on a mammogram. Now doctors in Southern California are testing ...

Columbia University researchers are the first to show that focused ultrasound—a noninvasive technique that uses sound waves to enhance the delivery of drugs into the brain—can be safely used in ...

A research team performs machine learning-powered photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging for thyroid cancer classification. A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid ...

Dr. Anupam Kotwal was testing out a new ultrasound machine on his neck when he made the accidental and surprising discovery of thyroid cancer — the same kind he treats in his patients. NBC’s Kate Snow ...