Engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body
Clinical staff can view a patient's internal organs in real time thanks to ultrasound imaging, a safe and non-invasive window into the workings of the human body. Trained technicians use ultrasound wands and probes to manipulate sound waves into the body in order to obtain these images. The heart, lungs, and other deep organs of the patient can be seen in high resolution because to the reflection of these waves. At the moment, ultrasound imaging requires heavy, specialized equipment that is only found in medical facilities and clinics. The technology may soon be as wearable and accessible as buying Band-Aids at the drugstore thanks to a new design by MIT engineers. The engineers describe their innovative ultrasound sticker design in a study that will be published in Science today. The ultrasound sticker is a stamp-sized gadget that adheres to the skin and can continuously image inside organs for 48 hours. The devices yielded real-time, high-resolution photos of the deeper organs, i...