Tele-ultrasound imaging using smartphones and single-board PCs

Backgraund: mobile devices are widely available and their computational performance increases, allowing them to enter new areas of application. In this situation, medicine should not be a failure: single-screen computers phones essential companions for telehealth professionals
 Aim: explore opportunities ultrasonic Tele-Ultrasound using smartphones single-plate computers.
 Materials methods: study focused on the capture ultrasound videos external video recording connected via USB. Raspberry Pi single-board Android have been used as platforms host tele-ultrasound server. Used software: VLC, Motion, USB Camera. A remote expert assessment was carried out with following VLC acted server, Google Chrome OS Windows 7 in remaining scenarios, Chromium browser installed computer.
 Outcomes: UTV007 chip-based device produces better images than AMT630A-based device. The optimum resolution is 720x576, 25 frames per second. OBS studios considered most suitable raspberry-based system due low equipment bandwidth requirements (0.640.17 Mbps reduced 0.5 studio). For phone ultra-sound set camera software, although it required faster network connection speed (5.20.3 Mbps).
 Conclusion: possible implement imaging systems devices. Due limited bandwidth, generally best hosting platform servers. On condition that there sufficiently wide stable Internet connection, server can also smartphone.