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A Panoramic View of Your Insides

Posted by kdawson on from the fantastic-voyage dept.

deepcleanfun writes "Researchers from New Mexico and Taiwan have invented a tiny probe — about the size of a rice grain — equipped with an ultrasound scanner that can travel through veins and arteries, taking ultrasound images of its surroundings. Unlike previous probes that travel through the body, which provide a view from only one direction at a time, the new device has seven imagers integrated onto the hexagonal prism that can see nearly everywhere at once."

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  1. Without pics by jav1231 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Without pics you weren't IN my insides!

  2. Martin Short... by butterwise · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...has generously offered to pilot the device.

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