Intelligent Machines Are Changing Point of Care

Literature abounds on the use of ultrasound. The technology is applied to everything from peering at a fetus inside a body to helping to diagnose shock. However, it demands a fair amount of expertise and concentration to obtain correct measurements from ultrasound images and to interpret those images. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) adds to ultrasound a powerful layer that lets users gain critically needed information – especially when time is of the essence. When a patient arrives in the ER with symptoms characteristic of shock, the attending physician needs to act quickly.