Thread by @EricTopol

The list of people who have never touched an ultrasound probe but w/ #AI guidance have obtained a high quality echocardiogram is growing, including @matthewherper @BillGates & a co-worker of @JamesDThomasMD1
statnews.com/2019/10/01/an-… <-Matt Herper's 1 of 2

@matthewherper @BillGates @JamesDThomasMD1 One of the companies enabling this is @CaptionHealth, guiding the uninitiated, pseudo-sonographer, to get a high-res image in plane.
(another is @ButterflyNetInc)
Think about the implications when these lead to accurate auto-#AI interpretations (which is in the works) 2/2

@matthewherper @BillGates @JamesDThomasMD1 @CaptionHealth @ButterflyNetInc Enabling anywhere in the world for someone to acquire ultrasound images with a smartphone
nytimes.com/2019/04/15/hea… @NYTScience

@matthewherper @BillGates @JamesDThomasMD1 @CaptionHealth @ButterflyNetInc @NYTScience And there are now more out-patient ultrasound studies than X-rays performed in the United States (>47 million in 2016)
@CDCgov data (> 1/3 of all medical scans, adding echo + US)