How a $10 Microchip Turns 2-D Ultrasound Machines to 3-D Imaging Devices (VIDEO)

Duke University Medical Center

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Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many of the 3-D imaging abilities of their $250,000 counterparts -- for the cost of a $10 microchip.

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