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Portable Ultrasound: “The Stethoscope of the 21st Century”
Christopher Michael Speciale January 26, 2014
The stethoscope, invented some two-hundred years ago and long carried by doctors everywhere as standard gear, may soon be shelved. Some medical experts predict that the stethoscope will be widely replaced by portable ultrasound devices capable of delivering to doctors dramatically better information about patients. Jagat Narula and Bret Nelson…