A wearable cardiac ultrasound imager: A delta in medical imaging

Today on Delta, we're joined by Dr. Hu, an integral engineer from Professor Sheng Xu's group from UC San Diego. They've pioneered a groundbreaking wearable ultrasound device that breaks the convention and promises to revolutionize how we perceive cardiac health monitoring. Traditional methods have limitations in continuous cardiac imaging, mostly due to device bulkiness and time consumption. However, Dr. Hu and Prof Xu group have managed to overcome these barriers, offering an ultrasonic wearable that directly assesses cardiac function in real-time. Their innovation doesn't stop there: with improved skin-device mechanical coupling, the device can examine the left ventricle dynamically, even during motion. Furthermore, their deep learning model extracts critical cardiac performance data, such as stroke volume and ejection fraction, from continuous image recordings. Dive into this conversation to learn how this technology promises improved accuracy in monitoring cardiac performance, potentially setting a new benchmark in healthcare. Don't miss this enlightening chat about the future of cardiac health!" Dr. Hu’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hongjie-hu-242256159/ A wearable cardiac ultrasound imager https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05498-z Time stamps 3:24 - Traditional Cardiac Ultrasound 9:35 - Anatomy of wearable Cardiac Ultrasound 13:03 - Price 15:12 - Image quality and image resolution 20:29 - Patient motion and quality of image 21:50 - Detecting Valvular cardiac abnormalities 25:00 - How wearable cardiac ultrasound can revolutionize cardiac testing 30:20 - Using Deep Learning Network in image processing 35:25 - Other uses of wearable cardiac ultrasound 37:02 - Future Directions