Overview
- An ultrasound probe paired with a processing board slightly larger than a smartphone reconstructs wide-angle 3D breast images in real time from two or three placements at depths up to 15 centimeters.
- The system accurately imaged cysts in a 71-year-old participant and produced undistorted, gap-free 3D views because the probe rests gently on the skin rather than compressing tissue.
- The motherboard costs about $300 to build using commercially available components, runs on a 5V supply, and connects to a laptop for on-the-go visualization.
- Researchers have begun a larger clinical trial at the MIT Center for Clinical and Translational Research and at Massachusetts General Hospital to evaluate performance more broadly.
- The work targets earlier detection of interval cancers and the team plans a fingernail-sized module with smartphone display, an AI-guided placement app, and commercialization led by Canan Dagdeviren.