Automating ultrasound scanning

Developing easy-to-use and affordable ultrasound imaging devices would improve accessibility to this non-invasive diagnostic technique and enable its use in a variety of healthcare settings. Alison Noble is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering (UK), whose research applies computer vision image analysis to clinical data. Our Editorial Assistant, Aisha Al-Janabi, spoke with Noble about her research on developing technologies to assist medical professionals when performing ultrasound imaging and the challenges of automating this technique. A sonographer is a highly skilled and specialized role dedicated to ultrasound imaging. Designing tools using deep learning to support...