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Hardware
open-source medical imaging dev kit
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How HN took it
7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Privacy: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool, useful open hardware project
From 3 comments
This looks very cool! I've just been looking at your github repository, you mention you use the HV7360 chip to generate the ultrasound pulse. I'm slightly confused by the…
deutronium on HNThat's great! It can help many developing countries.
vasili111 on HNRaspberry PI and Arduiono's changed a lot in embedded space, because of price and flexibility, how this board can change its space? How much does it cost to build complete…
tuyguntn on HN
Objections
Safety concerns about unregulated high-power ultrasound on living people
From 4 comments
Sorry, but imaging a living person with a "hacker" ultrasound scanner is asking for trouble. How can anyone be assured that this thing isn't transmitting too much energy into the…
crispyambulance on HNThis. Ultrasound is a great non-invasive medical imaging technique. The safety of medical imaging is well established: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390856/ ...…
daveguy on HNI think his warning is appropriate, not so much because medical ultrasounds are dangerous, but because your homemade device probably doesn't have the same level of testing and…
kej on HNYikes! This is brilliant innovation, but it should come with a pretty serious warning somewhere about the potential dangers of medical ultrasound. While the jury is still out…
bencollier49 on HN
Lacks image examples and image quality info
From 2 comments
You need more images. I don't see a single image of it in action.
imaginenore on HNThe key question is, how good are the quality for images comparing to others? Did not find info related to that on the site yet.
ausjke on HN
Requests
Add safety disclaimer and warnings
From 2 comments
It might be worth exercising the precautionary principle in this case. If someone builds your electronics and decides that you didn't warn them before they used it, you could…
bencollier49 on HNYikes! This is brilliant innovation, but it should come with a pretty serious warning somewhere about the potential dangers of medical ultrasound. While the jury is still out…
bencollier49 on HN
Show images of the device in action
From 1 comment
You need more images. I don't see a single image of it in action.
imaginenore on HN
Questions
Total cost estimate and transducer count
From 1 comment
Really cool project! Do you have a total cost estimate somewhere? I toyed with a similar idea a couple of years back, but a friend who was actually working on developing…
semi-extrinsic on HN
How the +/-100V supply is generated
From 1 comment
This looks very cool! I've just been looking at your github repository, you mention you use the HV7360 chip to generate the ultrasound pulse. I'm slightly confused by the…
deutronium on HN
Alternatives named
Commercial portable ultrasound scanners (~5k USD)
From 1 comment
Depends on the volume of course, and of the quality of image that is expected. This board, plus transducer (necessary to get the image) in small volumes, should be around 200$.…
kelu124 on HN
Fetal Doppler devices
From 1 comment
Really cool project! Do you have a total cost estimate somewhere? I toyed with a similar idea a couple of years back, but a friend who was actually working on developing…
semi-extrinsic on HN