Americans less safe. Now on bbc news click. This week, portable ultrasound scanners, this week, portable ultrasound scanners, brain music, and robot dogs that clean up after themselves. Theme music. 0ver over the years on click we have seen devices get smaller and smaller. Yet, with more storage and more processing capabilities. This miniaturisation of devices has touched everything from our computers to phones and even revolutionising areas of medicine. 0ne revolutionising areas of medicine. One area of medicine which has a lot of demand and could potentially benefit from miniature as a sin is medical imaging. In the uk, over 41 million scans take place every year in the nhs using x rays, mri and ultrasound. In an emergency, at the bedside or even at an ambulance, it can become placated to get a patient to one of these large machines. Does my complicated. But now portable medical devices made in the uk could change 0liver, giving doctors and patients instant access to ultrasound at a
One area of medicine which has a lot of demand and could potentially benefit from miniaturisation is medical imaging. In the uk, over 41 million scans take place every year in the nhs using x rays, mri and ultrasound. In an emergency, at the bedside or even in an ambulance, it can be complicated to get a patient to one of these large machines. But now, portable medical devices made in the uk could change our lives, giving doctors and patients instant access to ultrasound at a reduced cost. The intensive care unit of southampton Childrens Hospital admits hundreds of patients each year with a range of medical conditions, from Heart Disease to trauma and neurological emergencies. Effie was admitted with a lung infection and needs constant monitoring with tests, x rays and ultrasounds. Usually these are performed by expert radiologists and they arent always immediately available. This ward has four point of care ultrasound machines. These two cost over £50,000 each. But now the same test
Separatist leaders. Its a huge weekend for the home nations at the Rugby World Cup. England face their arch rivals australia in the First Quarter final this morning before ireland take on the defending champions the all blacks. Wales play france tomorrow. Another changeable day on the way today, worth taking your umbrella. Still some showers in the forecast but gradually through the weekend, we will see fewer and fewer showers. Its saturday the 19th october. Our top story. Its a momentous day at westminster, as mps vote on borisjohnsons new brexit deal. Parliament is sitting on a saturday for the First Time Since the invasion of the falklands in 1982. Lets take you through what will happen today. The Prime Minister will present his agreement to mps at 0930, theyll debate the details annd then will start voting on it this afternoon. The result is too close to call between now and then, borisjohnson still has persuade enough mps to back him in order to take the uk out of the eu, with a d
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