Engineers and physicians have developed a wearable ultrasound device that can assess both the structure and function of the human heart. The portable device, which is roughly the size of a postage ...

Hu, Huang, Li et. al. Ultrasound can provide detailed images of your heart, but the bulk makes it impractical for continuous scanning — especially outside of the hospital. It might be far more ...

In a recent article published in the journal Nature, a team of researchers described a wearable ultrasonic device that allows cardiac function to be assessed directly in real-time, with improved ...

Cardiovascular diseases are often associated with changes in the pumping capabilities of the heart that can be detected by heart imaging. Non-invasive, continuous imaging of the heart would therefore ...