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Analyst Insight: Stay At Home, Work At Home, Image At Home?

 
• By Adam Davidson and Barnaby Pickering

The point-of-care and portable ultrasound markets are growing rapidly and the next evolution will be at-home imaging, according to a new report from Informa's Omdia Ultrasound Intelligence Service.

Needle Viz™, with the new Butterfly iQ+
Butterfly iQ portable ultrasound • Source: Butterfly Network

Imagine your child runs into the house crying after falling on their arm while playing outside. You quickly grab the first aid kit and a small portable X-ray system. A few moments later, the system shows a message reading, “No fracture detected. Please continue to monitor the injury.” Instead of rushing to the emergency room, you avoid the stress and potential cost and instead sit the child down with a bag of ice and the peace of mind that the injury is not serious.

This anecdote may seem like fiction; however, at-home medical imaging is not such a distant reality. In recent years, medical...

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