Ultrasound teaching application for mobile devices

Purpose: Sonography for medical examination is a widely used technology. However, the proper handling of the ultrasound transducer and the understanding of the resulting data is highly depended on the physician's skills and require a long training, which is not necessarily part of the academic medical career. Thus, students of the university Bonn successfully established an ultrasound academy, the Sono Education Academy (S.E.A), to practice an examination with ultrasound scanners. This program will be enhanced by introducing an application for mobile devices, which gives students the opportunity to learn about u…