Computer Vision News - June 2022

64 Medical Imaging Application PACS because things aren’t connected. Then they run out of time. What do they do with that information? ” ExoWorksmakes documenting exams as easy as picking up a smartphone or a tablet and dialing in. Within seconds, the patient is signed off, and scans are on their way to EMR and PACS for billing and storage automatically. It can hold educational and clinical scans and has built-in QA and credentialing tools. Devices can be added, whether handheld or cart-based. It is an enterprise-wide gateway, bringing the whole platform together as one. “ I’m so blessed to be working with some of the most talented people in the industry today, ” Jeff beams. “ Exo is a magnet for talent. We have a dedicated, talented, passionate group of engineers, commercial people, and manufacturing people. Exo has a vision, and it’s following it through. It’s a little magical, I have to say. ” Looking ahead to the next five years, he expects the field to be unrecognizably different. He points to the effect the pandemic has had on lung ultrasound . “ Covid accelerated the use of ultrasound to look at the lung by at least five years, ” Jeff reveals. “ You can use ultrasound to differentiate pneumonia from Covid pneumonia without X-ray. That’s remarkable. That’s changing the world. That’s the trajectory I think we’re on. Anyone who’s a part of point-of- care ultrasound and technology and doing what we’re doing is in a pretty fun place. It’s exciting to be even a small part of such a big thing. These opportunities don’t come along very often in a lifetime. ” Jeff recalls that last year’s RSNA conference was the first timehehad seenadedicatedAI section – albeit primarily MR, CT, and X-ray. Ultrasound adoption has been slower, but things are evolving, and guidance is at the forefront. Exo’s hardware device is not yet on the market, but its software product, Exo Works , is already solving the number one problem in point-of-care ultrasound: workflow. “ When your GP says you need an abdominal scan, you go to radiology, they know who you are, they know what you’re there for, it’s all been scheduled, and it’s done, ” he explains. “ If you go to the ED or critical care and need an ultrasound, there’s no prescription. It’s an encounter. A physician does the scan right there, finds out what the patient needs, and takes care of it. Then they have all this information that must be put back into a system. More times than we know, images get lost, or there are ghost images, and maybe they can’t get them into EMR or