3-D Ultrasound on the cheap

Gaming technology leads to medical advances.

How a $10 microchip turns 2-D ultrasound machines into 3-D imaging devices: Low-cost upgrade could more easily image babies, trauma patients who can't be moved Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many of the 3-D imaging abilities of their $250,000 counterparts -- for the cost of a $10 microchip. www.sciencedaily.com