Pocket ultrasound devices to perform EchoScopy

Recently a new category of handheld device has burgeoned with its advantages of the increased portability and affordability. These devices are smaller than usual portable models, which are often the size of a laptop computer. Currently, the smallest available handheld device is the Vscan™ (GE Healthcare), a pocket size ultrasound device, providing conventional B-mode and colour Doppler imaging (CDI) but does not possess the function of pulsed wave Doppler imaging. With a compact size, it is possible to retain it in a white coat pocket, like a stethoscope, and to use it as adjunctive tool for patient physical exa…